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SOME VARIABLES AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS ATTITUDES TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TRAINING IN EGYPT

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This study aims to: identify Agricultural Extension Agents attitudes level towards extension training and the relationship between some independent variables and determine the contribution percentage of some independent variables which significant correlation relationship, which interpret the total differences of extension Agents attitudes towards extension training and elements of this attitudes. The study carried out in: Quana, Sohag, Menia, Sharkya, Menofia and Behira govemorates. 295 Extension Agents were chosen as systematic random sample which represented 27.44% of population. Data was collected interview personal with questionnaire, simple correlation coefficient, multiple correlation and regression analysis "step — wise ", were used to analyze the data . The major results of this study were as follows: 1. 68.81 % of respondents had either low or moderate attitudes towards extension training. This indicated that the attitudes of extension Agents towards extension training were relatively low. 2. The relationship was significant between the total degree of attitudes of extension Agents towards extension training and each of: period of working in Agriculture, period of working in extension, Training delivery, Training sessions number, period of training, Benefit of training, achievement motivation, Aspiration level, innovativeness, Job satisfaction, Organizational climate, Organizational loyalty and Organizational conflict. And showed that eight independent variables contributed to interpret the 59. 54% of total difference in the degree of extension Agents attitudes towards extension training. 

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10.21608/ejar.2005.243354

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AHMED E.

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MOHAMED

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Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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HESHAM M. M.

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SALEH

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Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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MAHMOUD M. M.

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MOAWAD

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Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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83

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34052

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2005-03-01

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2004-07-19

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2005-03-01

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451

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463

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1110-6336

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2812-4936

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Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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SOME VARIABLES AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS ATTITUDES TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TRAINING IN EGYPT

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