Reeman Shaleesh (1)*, Mohammed Al Abdullah (2), and Fayez Al Mekdad(1)
(1). Department of Agricultural Economics. General commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Damascus, Syria.
(2). Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Reeman Shaleesh, E-mail: remanshalish@yahoo.com).
Received:6/09/2021 Accepted:16/02/2022
Abstract:
The aim of the research is to study the impact of the personal and social characteristics of agricultural extension agents on the quality of planning the extension program for citrus and to identify the obstacles faced by the agricultural extension agents during the implementation of the extension program for citrus in the Syrian coast, in addition to providing appropriate solutions to confront these obstacles from the point of view of the agricultural extension agents. To achieve the objectives of the research, data was collected from a sample of 40 extension workers working in the selected extension units in the governorates of Lattakia and Tartous during the year 2017, where two administrative regions were selected in Lattakia (Latakia Markaz-Jableh), and an administrative region in Tartous. The study showed that the most factors affecting the quality of planning the extension program for citrus are the age of the agricultural extension, experience in the extension work, the level of implementation, the level of training, as the probability of the presence of the extension program at the low level of the quality of the program planning increases the less the age of the extension, and the level of implementation of the extension. Agricultural extension activities, and experience in extension work. The agricultural guide who has a low and medium level of training in the field of citrus cultivation and agricultural extension programs is more likely to be in the low and medium level of planning quality compared to the agricultural guide who has a high level of training in the field of citrus cultivation and agricultural extension programs. The results also showed that the most important obstacles. The lack of incentives for the extension workers, the many extension work assigned to the extension, the lack of transportation for the extension agents, the lack of extension work requirements.
Keywords: Extension Program, Citrus, Syrian Coast.
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