The effeiciency of control processes at the governmental and local levels of the agricultural extension work in Egypt

Abstract: Control is an important administrative function. It is considered, as the corner stone in the organizations and in extension organizations particularly. .Depending on its effectiveness and efficiency, the acts and performance to achieve the objectives would be carried out. The research is focusing basically on the agricultural extension control at the governmental level and the local level as well district centers.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives at the governmental level were:
To determine the differences in the knowledge between managers of agricultural extension in the studied governorates concerning control concept, methods of control, efficiency of control activities, rates of control misconduct, their recognition of the extension control problems and their suggestions to develop control as they viewed.
For local levels, the research objectives were:
To determine the differences in both of their knowledge about extension control and their implementation which they carried out at each of the populations of the agricultural extension inspectors group and managers of agricultural districts group and to determine the difference between the average of their degrees, dealing with actual implementation of extension control and to recognize the extension control problems, and their opinions to solve .
Procedures: -
To conduct the research, five governorates had been chosen to represent the different regions in Egypt. They were Kalyoubeya, Dakahleya, Sharkeya, Menoufeya and Sohag, as well as the high moanber of districts in these governorates. Data were collected basically, from the population of directors of agricultural extension, in such governorate, they are five.
In addition to oll the extension inspectors (supervisors) (53) and all managers of agricultural administrations at districts (53) as well.
Through a questionnaire with interview, data had been collected from all the respondents groups that contain the necessary measures so as to achieve the research objectives.
Data had been manipulated for the purposes of statistical analysis. Statistical tools were: Freedman test for non-parametric two-way analysis of variance, means, standard deviation, coefficient of variance, in addition to frequency and the percentage in table forms.
Publication year 2000
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library
Availability number 673
Organization Name
Country Egypt
Publisher Name: كلية الزراعة –مشتهر - فرع بنها
Place: جامعة الزقازيق
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc EXTENSION ACTIVITY;كفاءة الارشاد الزراعي;
Publication Type Master Thesis