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  1 - A model for outsourcing decisions of agricultural extension services in Golestan province
  Maryam Naimi Kurosh Roosta Mohammadsharif Sharifzadeh Asadollah Zamanipour Reza Baradaran
  10.30495/jaeer.2023.54714.10833
  The current research has been done with the aim of investigating the process of outsourcing decisions and providing a model for decision-making regarding the outsourcing of agricultural extension services. This research is of a qualitative type and has been done using t More

  The current research has been done with the aim of investigating the process of outsourcing decisions and providing a model for decision-making regarding the outsourcing of agricultural extension services. This research is of a qualitative type and has been done using the grounded theory method. Data collection has been done using semi-structured in-depth interview. The statistical population of the research included academic experts, agricultural Jihad experts and non-governmental sector experts, 30 people were selected and examined using the purposeful sampling method and snowball technique. The process of collecting information continued until the level of theoretical saturation and the threshold of usefulness of available information. Based on the core classified codes (20 categories), the major issues of outsourcing include: development and expansion of IT, weakness and inefficiency of government promotion, strengthening of the non-governmental/private sector, demand-oriented production work, expansion of the pluralist promotion system, knowledge management of users and farmers, investing in agriculture, implementing incentive-support policies, decentralizing extension activities, strengthening interactions between farmers, scientific centers and research centers, identifying supply capacities, reforming the management structure, getting feedback from the types of services provided and using it in planning , risk management, commercialization of agriculture, organizational agility of promotion, coverage level of services in rural areas, productivity and food security, efficiency of the potentials and capacity of the non-governmental sector, readiness for competitiveness in the global market have been compiled. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Factors influencing sustainability of private extension services from the perspective of public sector experts in Zanjan and Qazvin provinces
  Razieh Keshavarz Bahaghighat seyed mahmoud hosseini Seyed Jamal Hosseini Farhad Lashgarara
  10.30495/jaeer.2022.51180.10800
  This study examined the major effective factors on sustainability and continuity of private extension services from the perspective of public sector experts in Qazvin and Zanjan province based on the Structural Equation Modeling. The population of this study comprised p More

  This study examined the major effective factors on sustainability and continuity of private extension services from the perspective of public sector experts in Qazvin and Zanjan province based on the Structural Equation Modeling. The population of this study comprised public sector experts who worked in Agricultural Extension Services Centers in Qazvin and Zanjan provinces (N=241). The study sample consisted of 148 public sector experts selected through stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Validity was confirmed by face validity, convergent validity, and content validity and reliability was calculated using Composite Reliability and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data was analyzed using Smart-PLS software based on Partial Least Squares approach. The findings showed that the infrastructure, education & extension, and economic factors had the most positive and significant effect on the sustainability and continuity of private extension activities from the perspective of public sector experts in Qazvin and Zanjan province, respectively. Due to the impact of the infrastructure factor, the organization of private extension network by the Agricultural Jihad Organization at first and the implementation of supportive policies to set up consulting start-ups such as information, education and culture to accept the culture of private promotion in the region, and accept A portion of the private promotion fee is offered. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Farmers’ Perceptions and Effective Factors to Accept Privatization of Livestock Extension Services
  Seyednematollah Mousavi Alireza Moghaddasi
  The weak performance of the public extension system, and the financial crisis have caused many countries to seriously think about the privatization of agricultural extension. The aim of this study was to investigate dairy farmers' attitudes toward privatization of exten More

  The weak performance of the public extension system, and the financial crisis have caused many countries to seriously think about the privatization of agricultural extension. The aim of this study was to investigate dairy farmers' attitudes toward privatization of extension services. Sampling was stratified random sample with probability proportionate to the number of 300 was determined based on Cochran formula. To achieve this, the Logit model is used. In this research, the establishment and extension of educational services by public organizations is the highest priority from the perspective of farmers and private promotion We also showed better results in the government and in support of the action is in progress. The study of the relationship between personal qualities tend to privatize extension services with farmers indicate that farmers variables such as age, education, income, use of new technologies, the main occupation of livestock, extension services and the need to tend to promote promoting the privatization of a significant relationship exists. Manuscript profile
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  4 - ارزیابی پرورش بوقلمون در مناطق روستایی ایالت کوارا، نیجریه
  O.J. Amao K.L. Ayorinde T.R. Fayeye
  برای به دست آوردن اطلاعات از 132 پرورش دهنده بوقلمون به صورت تصادفی و در دو منطقه از مناطق چهارگانه توسعه کشاورزی در ایالت کاوارا در نیجریه، از روش ارزیابی مشارکتی روستایی (PRAT) استفاده شد. اطلاعات مربوط به وضعیت اجتماعی و شغلی پرورش دهندگان، اهداف تولید آنها، تجربه، س More

  برای به دست آوردن اطلاعات از 132 پرورش دهنده بوقلمون به صورت تصادفی و در دو منطقه از مناطق چهارگانه توسعه کشاورزی در ایالت کاوارا در نیجریه، از روش ارزیابی مشارکتی روستایی (PRAT) استفاده شد. اطلاعات مربوط به وضعیت اجتماعی و شغلی پرورش دهندگان، اهداف تولید آنها، تجربه، ساختار گله، شیوه‌های مدیریت، بازاریابی و مصرف تخم بوقلمون به دست آمد. نتایج نشان داد که تعداد پرورش دهندگان مرد (27/52 درصد) از زنان بیشتر است. متوسط سن کشاورزان 6/52 سال بود که مسیحی یا مسلمان بودند (18/43 درصد در مقابل 82/56 درصد). بسیاری از پرورش دهندگان باسواد بودند و تنها به نژاد محلی برای تولید متکی بودند. متوسط اندازه گله 13 پرنده در هر پرورش دهنده بود. رنگ پرهای مشاهده شده، سیاه و سفید، سفید و بنفش کمرنگ بود. بیش از 90 درصد از پرندگان در سیستم باز و یا در یک سیستم نیمه متراکم با استفاده از ضایعات مواد غذایی موجود و دانه‌ها نگهداری می‌شدند. نرخ متوسط جفت‌گیری 66/1:1 بود. پرندگان به طور عمده برای وزن بدن انتخاب می‌شدند، در حالی‌که بیشتر فروش بوقلمون در کریسمس (15/65 درصد) رخ می‌دهد. حدود 79 درصد از پرورش دهندگان تخم بوقلمون‌های قابل جوجه‌کشی را برای دوست داشتن طعم و مزه آن مصرف می‌کردند و یا به دلیل این‌که پرنده توانایی جوجه‌کشی تمام تخم‌ها را در یک بار ندارد. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که پرورش بوقلمون هنوز هم با ضعف اصلاح نژاد، تغذیه، جایگاه نگهداری و بازاریابی مواجه است. بهبود پرورش بوقلمون نیازمند خدمات توسعه عمومی بهتر است. همچنین معرفی بوقلمون محلی یا دورگه شده با نژادهای با پتانسیل ژنتیکی بالاتر ضروری است. Manuscript profile
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  5 - Effect of Services and Facilities of Tobacco Companies Ion Tobacco Crop in Malakand Division, Pakistan
  Faheem Khan Bilal Ahmad Badar Siddiqui Nowshad Khan
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  6 - Training Needs of Agricultural Extension Agents in Delta State, Nigeria
  Ajieh P. C Ulakpa J. E
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  7 - Analysis of Farm Management Extension Services Performed by Extension Agents of Agricultural Development Projects in Southwest Nigeria
  Rashid Adisa Mudashir Mustapha Kayode Balogun Hussein Ibrahim Waliyat Oloyede
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  8 - Investigating the Role of Personalized Digital Extension Services on Agricultural Performance (A Case Study of Farmers in Fars Province)
  Mohsen Moosaei Nina Afshari
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  9 - Accuracy of Extension Professionals’ and Farmers’ Perceptions regarding Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services
  Ajieh Patrick Chuks
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  10 - An Assessment of Farmers` Awareness on Extension Services in Nigeria: The Case of Farming Households in Kano State
  Hassan Ibrahim Zhou Jing Li Min
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  11 - Farmers’ Knowledge and Perception regarding Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services in Delta State, Nigeria
  Ajieh Patrick Chuks
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  12 - آیا مشارکت در برنامة ترویجی مدرسة مزرعه‌ای کشاورزان (FFS) باعث افزایش عملکرد گیاهان زراعی می‌شود؟ شواهدی از نظام‌های تولید چای خرده‌پا در کنیا
  جسیاه آتکا پپرز اونونو مارتین اتیانگ
  خدمات ترویج کشاورزی جزو مهمترین خدمات روستایی در کشورهای درحال‌توسعه هستند. این خدمات ازجمله عوامل اصلی تغییر فناوری و رشد بهره‌وری کشاورزی به شمار می‌روند. در کنیا همچون بقیة اقتصادهای درحال‌توسعه، خدمات کشاورزی عمدتاً ازطریق رویکردهای مبتنی بر عرضه ارائه می‌شوند. با ت More

  خدمات ترویج کشاورزی جزو مهمترین خدمات روستایی در کشورهای درحال‌توسعه هستند. این خدمات ازجمله عوامل اصلی تغییر فناوری و رشد بهره‌وری کشاورزی به شمار می‌روند. در کنیا همچون بقیة اقتصادهای درحال‌توسعه، خدمات کشاورزی عمدتاً ازطریق رویکردهای مبتنی بر عرضه ارائه می‌شوند. با توجه به تأثیر به‌ظاهر اندک خدمات کشاورزی، این کشور در حال اجرای سیاست ملی ترویج (NEP) است که براساس ترویج مبتنی بر تقاضا و مشارکت سایر بازیگران استوار است. در این مقاله با تمرکز بر زیربخش تولید چای توسط کشاورزان خرده‌پا به بررسی اثر ترویج FFS بر عملکرد گیاه چای در کنیا می‌پردازیم. در نظام FFS از رویکردهای مشارکتی مانند نمایش بهترین شیوه‌های پایدار در مزارع و یادگیری عملی کشاورزان استفاده می‌شود. داده‌های مطالعه‌ای از نمونه‌ای متشکل از 525 خانوار کشاورز در غرب کنیا که ازطریق نمونه‌گیری تصادفی چندمرحله‌ای انتخاب شده بودند، جمع‌آوری شدند و با استفاده از مدل همسان‌سازی براساس نمرات گرایش (PSM) که درون‌زایی خودانتخابی را کنترل می‌کند، تحلیل شدند. نتایج نشان داد که مشارکت در ترویج FFS باعث شد که عملکرد سالیانة چای به طور متوسط 70/471 کیلوگرم در ایکر افزایش یابد (p = 0.009) درحالی‌که نظام آموزشی و بازدید به هزینة خود کشاورز تأثیری بر عملکرد محصول نداشت. در کنار اینکه نشان می‌دهیم FSS در افزایش عملکرد گیاه نقش دارد، این مقاله نشان می‌دهد که مدل‌های ترویج مبتنی بر عرضه ازجمله T&V برای تشویق تقاضا در مراحل اولیة اجرای مدل‌های FFS ضروری‌اند. براساس یافته‌ها، توصیه می‌شود روی افزایش دسترسی FFS در میان کشاورزان خرده‌پا سرمایه‌گذاری بشود. Manuscript profile
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  13 - Assessment of Use of Selected Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Extension Service Delivery: Implication for Agricultural Development in Nigeria
  Saheed Ige Adetumbi Olumuyiwa Akin Olaniyi Jacob Gbemiga Adewale
  The study was carried out to assess the implication of the use of selected Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for extension service delivery in Nigeria. The simple random technique was used to select fifty percent of the total extension agents which equiv More

  The study was carried out to assess the implication of the use of selected Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for extension service delivery in Nigeria. The simple random technique was used to select fifty percent of the total extension agents which equivalent to forty-two respondents as sample size for the study. Frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used as descriptive statistic. Also, Chi-Square test and Spearman’s rho correlation were employed as inferential statistic to test for the hypotheses. Findings indicated that access to various ICTs tools especially Radio and Mobile phone and were found to be relevant to farming operations. The result of Chi square test revealed that significant relationship exist between sex, age, level of education, years of working experience of the extension agents and level of use of ICTs. Furthermore, the result of Spearman rho Correlation showed that there was no significant relationship between ICT training of extension workers and the level of use of ICTs. The study recommended among others that, there should be a periodic review of the use of current ICTs in extension service delivery to facilitate effectiveness in the use of ICTs for extension service and adequate funding of extension service should also be ensured to enhance the maintenance of ICTs made available to extension personnel. Manuscript profile
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  14 - Effectiveness of Extension Services in Enhancing Outgrowers’ Credit System: A Case of Smallholder Sugarcane Farmers in Kisumu County, Kenya
  Abura Odilla Gilbert Barchok Kipngeno Hillary Onyango Christopher Asher
  The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significan More

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. A total of 110 small scale farmers were randomly selected for the study. A closed ended questionnaire was used to collect data from farmers. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The findings indicated that both public and private extension services were insignificant in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system. Further, the findings indicated that there was no significant difference between public and private sector in provision of extension services. The findings suggest that for out growers’ credit system to be effective in terms of creation of awareness about credit, accessibility, timely supply of credit, supervision of credit and provision of extension advice on credit utilization, both public and private extension services should be intensified and coordinated to avoid duplication. The results also suggest that sugarcane factory extension division should be strengthened just like in the coffee and tea sub-sectors. Manuscript profile