Timeliness Assessment of Iranian Agricultural Extension Based on New Developments and Issues Raised in Two Last Decades

Posted: 11 Jan 2011

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Mostafa Moradi

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Date Written: January 10, 2011

Abstract

Iranian agricultural extension services during the past 50 years have had many ups and downs. But it seems that from middle of the 1980 decade due to changing internal conditions and importance of agricultural development, more attention was paid to the development of extension services. Thus, various plans and measures to develop agricultural extension services system have been done. This study aimed to timeliness assessment of Iranian Agricultural Extension based on new developments and issues raised in two last decades were conducted. The study population consists of 346 agricultural extension heads in townships of Iran, statistical sample was selected through simple random sampling technique, A survey study was applied as a methodology of research work. On the basis of review of the literature, Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Content and face validity of instrument were established by investigating the attitudes of specialists. Questionnaire reliability was estimated by calculating Cronbach's Alpha. Reliability for the instrument was estimated at 0.86. The data was analyzed by SPSS-win16 software, with proper statistical methods.

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Moradi, Mostafa, Timeliness Assessment of Iranian Agricultural Extension Based on New Developments and Issues Raised in Two Last Decades (January 10, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1737733

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