The research aimed to determine the reality of the relationship and the 
degree of interdependence between the agricultural research centers and the 
Agricultural Extension Service in Libya, by identifying the importance of 
the activities that achieve the relationship between the two organizations and 
the level of implementation of those activities from the respondents' point of 
view. It also aimed to identify the obstacles facing that relationship, and the 
opinions of the respondents. On the proposals that strengthen the bonds of 
interdependence between the research centers and the Agricultural Extension 
Authority, the research was conducted on a group of researchers and 
agricultural extension workers working in the Agricultural Research Center 
and the Agricultural Extension Authority in the Tripoli region, Libya, 
through a regular random sample representing 40% of the total number of 
each And the questionnaire form was used as a tool for collecting data for 
the research, and the data was digitally processed and analyzed statistically, 
and the descriptive method was used to present the search results in the 
manner of frequencies, percentages, and arithmetic averages, and the most 
important results were as follows:
1. The nature of the relationship between the research centers and the 
Agricultural Extension Authority was very weak, while a high percentage of 
the respondents believed that it was important for there to be a relationship 
and interdependence among them.
2. The results showed that the most important obstacles facing the 
relationship between them from the point of view of the respondents is the 
absence of regulations and laws that regulate the relationship between them, 
and the blurring of communication lines among them.
3. The most important proposals that the respondents see to strengthen the 
relationship between them is the formulation of legislation and laws that 
regulate the work between them through the unified agricultural research 
and extension teams, and the formation of permanent central committees to 
coordinate the work and the relationship among them.
4. It was also found that the nature of the prevailing contacts between the 
research centers and the Agricultural Extension Authority is personal and 
informal in most cases.