Yara Ehsan *¹_, Mahmoud Alio ¹, Baseem Barhoum ² and Haiyan Sulaiman ¹

1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
2 Department of Software and Information Systems, Faculty of Information Engineering, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.

(*Corresponding author: Yara Ehssan. E-Mail:yara.ehssan.96@gmail.com)

Received: 5/ 05/ 2024        Accepted: 16/ 09/ 2024

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the capabilities provided by modern technologies such as the use of smart phones and the Internet in supporting extension activities and the ability of extension workers to use and employ them in extension services. To achieve the research objectives, a questionnaire was designed and information was collected from the sample members studied using a personal interview method by asking direct questions to a simple random sample of 100 agricultural extension workers in Lattakia Governorate. The descriptive approach was used to analyze data such as frequencies, percentages, arithmetic averages, the five-point Likert scale, ANOVA analysis of variance, etc. among the sample members. The results showed that most agricultural extension workers own mobile phones at a rate of 99% (89% of which are modern phones), and the extension workers’ ability to use technology represented by smart phones was high, and there is a high desire among extension workers to use applications on smart phones to disseminate agricultural extension information. The results also indicated that one of the most important justifications for using smartphones in agricultural guidance is the high cost of producing posters and agricultural guidance publications. One of the most important factors for using smartphones in guidance work was reaching the largest number of guides in different places. The research recommended making use of smartphones as one of the modern guidance means to obtain agricultural information and guidance services
Keywords: Smart Phones, Electronic Agricultural Extension, Electronic Applications.

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