The study was carried out to assess the implication of the use of selected Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for extension service delivery in Nigeria. The simple random technique was used to select fifty percent of the total extension agents which equivalent to forty-two respondents as sample size for the study. Frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were us...

Agricultural extension, as an informal educational system, is one of agricultural development tools that lean on human capitals. Inefficiency of public bureaucracy on the one hand, and managerial problems on the other hand, as well as neglecting real needs of beneficiaries in planning, have determined responsible to transfer administrative tasks to the private sector and reduce government''s te...

ABSTRACT- Agricultural extension agents should provide dry land producers with appropriate education to make them more interested in learning about water use optimization. Therefore, it is recommended to accompany education with art. In this regard, a study, using the randomized experimental research design, was carried out among dry land grape producers in Herayjan village, Southwest Iran, usi...

Investment in research is indeed a "rational" investment. Thesis issues and projects in highereducation are the sources of research at educational institutions and have an evident role in helpingprofessionals and researchers. However, lack of fit scientific methods along with the ignorance ofthe proper processes of science has somewhat diminished the importance of research. This studypoints out...

purpose: promoting the extension programs is a challenge which extension professionals and planners faced with and detection of influencing factors on programs’ success or fail needs to significant time allocation and commitment, so extension and education programs aim to farmers’ empowerment are very important. today, many farmers are not interested in these programs for several reasons, so fa...

esee 2015, chania, greececonference dates: july 4 – 7, 2017conference theme: transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and educationthe 23rd european seminar on extension (and) education (esee) will be held in the mediterraneanagronomic institute of chania, and hosted by the lab. of agricultural extension, rural systems &rural sociology, dept. of agricultural economics &...

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The study investigated the effect of Community-Based Paid Extension (CPE) on vulnerability reduction of smallholder dairy farmers. Randomly sampled 255 farmers were interviewed together with 15 key informants’ interview. Both statistical analysis and thematic approach were employed to achieve triangulation. In about 68 % of cases, CPE reduced vulnerability to a degree experienced as ‘moderate’,...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of entrepreneurship on organizational outcomes agricultural extension in the context of agricultural sustainable development. this paper aimed to identify the key dimensions of entrepreneurship and determine how these dimensions influence the outcomes of agricultural extension organizations in the context of agricultural sustainable dev...