Factors Influencing on Agricultural Knowledge and Information System view of Extension Experts in Golestan Province

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research

Reza Dinpanah ¹ ( Associate professor of Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran )

Received: 2019-06-09 Accepted : 2019-06-09 Published : 2019-05-22

Keywords: Agricultural Information and K, Extension Experts, Golestan Province,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to study influencing factors on agricultural knowledge and information system. The methodological approach of this study was descriptive- correlative. The research population consisted of 110 extension experts, which all them was census. Validity of the instrument was established by a panel of experts consisting of senior faculty members and research committee advisors. Also a pilot test was conducted to determine the reliability of the survey instrument. In this test, the mentioned questionnaires were given to 30 expert which were similar to statistical society in regional, economic, cultural and social conditions. Reliability analysis was conducted by using and Cronbach alpha formula and result was 0.85. The results showed that factors of interactions improvement of extension- education, extension- farmers, extension- research, extension-private companies, extension- agricultural organization, education- research, education- farmers and research- farmers with agricultural knowledge and information system had been relationship of positive and significant. The results of the multiple regression analysis (stepwise method) revealed that the factors of interactions improvement extension- research and education- farmers explained a variation of 38.9% of the agricultural knowledge and information system.

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