The training needs of the extension field agents in field of post – harvest processes of tomato crop in El- behaira governorate.
Abstract: This study aimed mainly to determine the training needs of the respondents extension field agents concerning the technical recommendations of post — harvest processes of tomato crop and determining the relationship between the total degrees of the training needs of the respondents extension field agents concerning the technical recommendations of post — harvest processes of tomato crop and independent variables. The study was conducted in some districts of El — Behaira governorate. This districts were selected by random method. Data were collected in March month, 2005 by personal interview using a questionnaire from random sample amounting to 150 respondents which representing about 30.4% of the total numbers of the extension field agents (494), in El-Behaira governorate.
Frequency and percentages distribution, arithmetic means standard deviation and Person simple correlation coefficient were used as tools for statistical analysis.
The main results of this study were as follow :
1-80% of respondents were with average ages between (41 — 50) years and it may increases. Also 37% of the extension field agents had experiences in agricultural work between (20 - 27) years , Perhaps 43% of them had experiences in agricultural extension work between (11-19) years, Also, 83% of them had number of training days between (7 — 44) days, furthermore , the results of this study showed that , about 57% of them had moderate degree a of job satisfaction which were between (31-45) degrees.
2-Also, findings showed that, level of the training needs of the respondents from the extension field agents concerning the technical recommendations of post — harvest processes of tomato was high in six from these processes . knowledge of picking time, graduation it , putting it in boxes, storage it and transportation it to the markets or the factories, while the training needs of respondents were mean in their knowledge of signals of complete growing of tomato.
3-Findings showed too, there was significant relationship at 0.01 level between the total degrees of the training needs of respondents — as dependent variable — and some independent variables such as, experience in the agricultural work, experience in the agricultural extension work and number of innovation fields in extension.
4-Results showed that, significant relationship was at 0.05 between the dependent variable and each of the independent variables such as, number of the information resources, number of the training circuits number of the organizations, rate of the communication with the organizations, suitable degree of the supervision, and degree of job satisfaction.
5-Finally, the insignificant relationship was between another some independent variables and dependent variable such as, Age, degree of benefit from information resources and the wishing in innovation of the extension.
Publication year 2005
Pages 6011-6024
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 107
Organization Name
Country Egypt
City Mansoura
Publisher Name: Faculty of Agricultural, Mansoura University- Egypt
serial title Mansoura University Journal of Agricultural Sciences
ISSN 1110-1346
Volume 30 . 10
Department Extension Organization and Training Research Department
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc training needs;
Publication Type Journal
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