Author/Authors :
feli، Saeid نويسنده Ph.D Student of Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, , , Pezeshki Rad، Gholamreza نويسنده Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, , , Sadighi، Hassan نويسنده Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, , , Shahbazi، Esmaeil نويسنده Professor of Rural Development Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. , , Ghoraishi Abhari، Seyed Javad نويسنده Assistant Professor of Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture, Tehran, Iran. ,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to assess the process of
extension program development in Iranian Agricultural Extension
System (IAES). The research instrument was a structural
questionnaire with close-ended questions which its validity and
reliability was confirmed by using expert panel and Cranach’s
alpha test, respectively. The target population of this research
included all extension managers who were responsible for doing
extension activities in Iran’s townships (N=334). According to
Krejcie and Morgan’s table, a number of 191 persons selected as
statistical sample in a stratified sampling method, and finally
198 questionnaires were gathered and analyzed (n=198). Overall,
the use of the process of extension program development in
IAES was at less than moderate level. The other results also indicated
there was the significantly positive relationship between
selected demographic characteristics of extension managers with
their viewpoint on the use of the process of extension program
development in IAES. These results highlight the need for the
reform of the process of agricultural extension program development
in IAES.
