Maha Ali Abedo(1)* and IbrahimHamdan Saker (1)

(1). Department of Agricultural Economic, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria

(*Corresponding author: Maha Ali Abedo. E-Mail: mahaoof1993@gmail.com).

Received: 11/01/2019 Accepted: 29/01/2020

Abstract

The aim of this research was to Attitudes of Benefit from The agricultural Media and The extent of Communication with Extension Activities of Vegetable Farmers in The Jableh Region where the study was carried out during the period 30/8/2018 until 12/28/2018, through a questionnaire distributed to 190 farmers Vegetables, and was based on the descriptive analysis, and on the Likart triangular and quadrilateral scale, and after data collection the results were analyzed based on the percentages, averages and repeats, and the statistical analysis program SPSS. The results concluded that the degree of benefit of farmers from the activities established in the extension units, and of interviewing agricultural extension workers in the field, and the attendance of extension seminars was medium, while the degree of benefit of farmers from field schools and practical data was high, in addition to the lack of permanent and periodic communication of farmers with the units Agricultural extension working in their areas, and a weak, unimportant correlation was found between farmers ’ages, marital status, cultural level and extent of benefiting from extension, radio and television publications in their knowledge and experience The research recommended the necessity of activating the role of the media to increase the confidence of farmers again in the extension work, in addition to providing technical, scientific and educational work requirements, because of their impact on the degree of implementation of the extension units for their service and extension tasks

Keyword: Agricultural Media, Extension Activities, Vegetable Farmers, Likert Scal.

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