Mekhael,, M. (2005). SOME VOCATIONAL ABILITIES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN KAFR EL·SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, 30(11), 6793-6801. doi: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208499
Mery B. U. Mekhael,. "SOME VOCATIONAL ABILITIES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN KAFR EL·SHEIKH GOVERNORATE". Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, 30, 11, 2005, 6793-6801. doi: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208499
Mekhael,, M. (2005). 'SOME VOCATIONAL ABILITIES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN KAFR EL·SHEIKH GOVERNORATE', Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, 30(11), pp. 6793-6801. doi: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208499
Mekhael,, M. SOME VOCATIONAL ABILITIES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN KAFR EL·SHEIKH GOVERNORATE. Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, 2005; 30(11): 6793-6801. doi: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208499
SOME VOCATIONAL ABILITIES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS IN KAFR EL·SHEIKH GOVERNORATE
Agriculture Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, A.R.C
Abstract
The research aims to determine some vocational abilities conceming both adult educating principles, Communcation, persuosion, offering in formation leadership and trainning, as well as to determine the relation ship between the total degree of vocational abilities as dependent variable and each of independent variables under study, and also determining effect of these studied independent variables on the total degree of respondents' vacational abilities. This research was conducted at five districts in kafr el-Sheikh governorate were chosen randomly i.e.: Kallen, Kafr EI-Sheikh, AI Riad, Fowa and balteem data were collected by using personal interviws questionnaire from a random sample amounted to 131 agricultural extension agent respondents according to "krejeci" and morgan", to analyze data statistically simple correlation coefficient, qui square, Patial regression coefficient, multiple correlation and regression analysis "Step-wis", arithmatic mean, and standard deviation were used, in addition to frequencies, percentages and tabulation.
The main results of this research were as follows:
- Nearly 34%, 25% of the respondent extension had high abilities level concerning both offering in formation and adult educating respectively. About 37% of the respondent extensionsts had moderate level concerning communication ability and about 35% of them had high ability level concerning the total degree of vocational abilities.
- Asiginificant correlation relationship was found btewwn the total degree of vocational abilities as dependent variable and each of the following independent variables: degree of respondent education, and satisfaction about extension work at 0.01 level of significance.
Three studied independent variables I.e.: Benefit from extrension trainning, degree of respondent education and satisfaction about extension work significantly effected the total degree of the extensionists vocational ability (Multiple Correlation ammunted to 0.777) and explained combincd abut 59% of it's variation.