The main objectives of this study were: to determine attitude's of
agricultural extension decision makers towards coordination among local
agricultural extension administration units; to determine relationship between
attitudes of agricultural extenston decision makers and each of some studied
personal I demographic variables related to the study participants; to identify
appropriate coordination pattern and form among agricultural extension
administration units under the present conditions; to rank the used
coordination methods in accordance with their importance; and to rank
priorities of elements that are perceived by the study participants as
necessary to be included In coordination among agricultural extension
administration unites. A random cluster sample encompassed four randomly selected
governorates (Sharkla and Kaliobia representing the Delta. and Beni-Suet
and Sohag representing upper' Egypt), Four districts I governorate were
randomly selected with a total number of 16 districts '·4 governorates. The
data was collected from all of the administrators, their deputes and
department heads, wo~ng In local extension that are affiliated with different
extension organization (AgriCultural extension, pesticide ccntroi. horticulture.
lands and waters, animal production of govemorate agriculture, veterinary
Extension of governorate veterinary service, and agricultural extension of
governorate agricultural refonn, with a total of 152 respondents. The study
data were collected during September and October, 2002. - A written questiQnnaire and face-to-face interviews were used in collecting
the _ data. Frequency tables, percentage, arithmetiC mean, t-test, person
correlation coefficient, and F - test were used in analyzing the collected study
data. The most Important study findings were as the followl"_g : 1· About two thirds of the respondents (66.45 %) had positive attitudes
towards coordination among the studied agricultural extension local
admlnistratiqn units, about a quarter of the respondents (28.95 %) had
medium attitudes, and 4.6 % of the respondents had negative attitudes
(against coordination). 2- There were no Significant relationship between attitude scores of there
respondents and each of: agricultural extension administration units they
were affiliated with, position tenure, obtained educational degree, local
level of decision makers, speCialization, age, and administrative training
obtained.