Valerie S. Kuehne, Ph.D. Matthew S. Kaplan, Ph.D. Associate Vice-President Academic Associate Professor Associate Professor Intergenerational Programs and Aging School of Child & Youth Care Dept. of Agricultural & Extension University of Victoria Education 4 Floor, Business & Economics Building The Pennsylvania State University P.O. Box 1700 Stn CSC 323 Ag Administration Bldg., Rm. 315 Victoria...

ongress has long evinced interest in the effectiveness of the agricultural research and extension system. It has placed particular stress on high-priority national issues that it has previously identified, and on securing research results and applications (outcomes) that address those issues. Accordingly, Congress took the strong step in FACTA of specifying purposes that “[f]ederally funded agr...

the purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to analyze farmers' attitude toward new agricultural knowledge in mehreiz and khatam townships. the statistical population for the study consisted of the farmers of mehreiz and khatam township (n=22618). a multistage sample of farmers was selected (n=281). based on the findings, the use of specialized publications and the recommendati...

The purpose of the study was to examine compliance of extension personnel in Imo state agricultural extension service delivery system of Nigeria. A purposive and multi-stage random sampling was used to select 105 extension personnel from the three agricultural zones of the state. Data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, as well as mean score...

this study examined the knowledge and perception of farmers regarding privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services in delta state, nigeria. a sample size of 90 farmers in contact with extension agents was randomly selected for the study. data for the study was collected through the use of a validated structured interview schedule. both descriptive and inferential stati...

Not many land grant universities have seriously addressed the issues related to the global development of youth. In the United States, colleges of agriculture have a long and proud domestic record of youth leadership development through extension 4-H programs and high school agriculture programs, including FFA. Rural and urban young men and women have benefited from being involved in these educ...

in spite of 60 years of past experience, agricultural extension in iran still faces problems, obstacles and limitations. researchers believe that during these years, the service available to farmers has been neither successful nor satisfactory. with respect to the presently available problems and limitations, a thorough identification and analysis of these issues is necessary as well as inevita...