THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PERCEPTION HELD BY THE RESEARCHERS WHO WORK IN RESEARCH- EXTENSION TEAMS AT CENTRAL LABORATORY FOR AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

This study was conducted to determine the perception degree of the
agricultural extension held by the researchers at central laboratory for aquaculture
research (as a whole, as an educational process, as an independent system, as a
career, as a service and the agricultural extension objectives).
Questionaire by personal meeting used to collect data from (44 researcher)
who work in research-extension teams in Central laboratory for aquaculture research
at Abbassa. Abo-Hammad, Sharkia governorate in April 2006. Frequencies,
Percentages were used to present data.
The main results of this study indicate that:
— 81.8% of respondents of respondents have a high perception degree of the
agricultural extension concept as a whole.
- 84.1% of respondents have a high perception degree of the agricultural extension
concept as an educational process.
- 54.5% of respondents have a medium perception degree and 45.5% of respondents
have a high perception degree of the agricultural extension concept as an
independent system.
- 88.6% of respondents has a high perception degree of the agricultural extension
concept as a career.
- 65.9% of respondents have a medium perception degree of the agricultural
extension concept as a service.
- 90.9% of respondents have a high perception degree of the agricultural extension
 
objectives.