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Application of the Digital Transformation and it`s Relation to the Performance of Agricultural Extension at Menufia Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Agricultural extension

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) Determine the level of application of the digital transformation in agricultural extension from the viewpoint of extension personnel 2) determine the level of extension service performance in the agricultural extension organization and 3) examine the relationship between the degree of application of the digital transformation in agricultural extension from the viewpoint of extension personnel  and the degree of extension service performance in the agricultural extension organization .five districts (Shibin el kom, Quweisna, Birket el Sab, Menouf, Ashmoun) are selected randomly from EL Menoufia governorate as a geographical framework for the field study. Data were collected using a questionnaire administered on a sample of a 135 of the extension personnel in the studied governorate, during the period from October to November 2022. Frequencies, percentages, mean, range, relative weight and Pearson's simple correlation coefficient were used for data analysis and presentation. The study revealed that the average score for application of the digital transformation in agricultural extension in Egypt reached 56 degrees, representing about 64.4% of the total score of the scale, and the average score for extension service performance in the agricultural extension organization reached 50.3 degrees, representing about 69.9% of the total score. The research also revealed the following relationships:

A positive significant correlation at the 0.01 level of significance between all components of digital transformation and degrees of extension service performance.
A positive significant correlation at the 0.01 level of significance between strategy as a component of digital transformation and responsiveness, reliability and tangibility and at 0.05 level with guarantee.
A positive significant correlation at the 0.01 level of significance between organizational culture as a component of digital transformation and responsiveness, tangibility and guarantee.
A positive significant correlation at the 0.01 level of significance between leadership as a component of digital transformation and reliability, tangibility, sympathy and guarantee.

 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.294619

Keywords

digital transformation, Extension service, Agricultural Extension, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Dina H.

Last Name

Emam

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Affiliation

Department of Rural Sociology & Agricultural Extension,Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt,

Email

dina.emam@agr.cu.edu.eg

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First Name

Samar

Last Name

Shair

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Extension and rural sociology, faculty of agricultural menofia university

Email

samargamal20008@gmail.com

City

المنوفية

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Volume

44

Article Issue

1

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39130

Issue Date

2023-03-01

Receive Date

2023-02-21

Publish Date

2023-03-31

Page Start

193

Page End

206

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_294619.html

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53

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Publication Title

Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Application of the Digital Transformation and it`s Relation to the Performance of Agricultural Extension at Menufia Governorate, Egypt

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23 Dec 2024