In the extension phase of Project P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) in Hong Kong, potential implementers received 20 h of training (7 h of e-learning and 13 h of interactive training). Subjective outcome evaluation was conducted to evaluate the training workshops conducted in the first year of the extension phase based on the responses of 812 participa...

The present study was launched in two districts of NWFP namely Peshawar and Nowshera during 2007-08. Forty agricultural extension agents were interviewed through face to face interview schedule. The main objectives of the study were to identify the challenges, constraints, problems and shortcoming faced by extension agents engaged in disseminating the latest agriculture technology and to make p...

criticism of public extension services has resulted in various countries seeking alternative approaches for provision of these services. in all these approaches, extension personnel are the key factors to the success of the implementation. today, agricultural extension services in turkey bear the responsibility of the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. a number of non-public extension...

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...

More than 50 agents participated in a series of workshops that were offered as inservice training and as a graduate level North Carolina State University (NCSU) course worth four credits. The Organic Unit at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), a 100acre (40-ha) facility dedicated to research and education in organic farming systems, served as a home base for training activities...