MAZEN, M., ABD-ELGAWAD, A. (2003). ACTUALITY OF VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER'S JOB. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81(1), 323-351. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276342
MOHAMMED H. MAZEN; ABD-ELHADY M. ABD-ELGAWAD. "ACTUALITY OF VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER'S JOB". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81, 1, 2003, 323-351. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276342
MAZEN, M., ABD-ELGAWAD, A. (2003). 'ACTUALITY OF VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER'S JOB', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 81(1), pp. 323-351. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276342
MAZEN, M., ABD-ELGAWAD, A. ACTUALITY OF VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER'S JOB. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2003; 81(1): 323-351. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2003.276342
ACTUALITY OF VILLAGE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKER'S JOB
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
The main obkective of this research was to identify was to identify actuality of village agricultural extension worker's job. It included: perception of village agricultural extension worker regarding importance of responsibilities, authorities, eligibility, criteria indicators related to performance measuring, the tasks related to the jobe and extent of implementing item of the actual job. A systematic random sample of 165 village agricultural extension workers was drawer from the population, working in four Egyptian governorates that were selected randomly (Gharbia and Kafr el-Sheikh governorates from the Delta; Sohage and El-Menia governorates from Upper Egypt. The selected sample represented about 15% of the total number of village agricultural exension workers in the four mentioned governorates. A pretested written questionnaire and personal interviews were used in collecting the study data. Percentage, weighted arithmetic mean, Z. lest, pear-son's correlation coefficient, and Kendall's coefficient of concordance were used In analyzing the study data.