A STUDY OF FARMERS RESPONSE LIMITATIONS USING AGENTS TO EXTENSION METHODS IN THE GREEN MOUNTAIN AREA OF LIBYA

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The main objective of this study was determining the factors which are
affecting the response of farmers to agricultural extension methods. The study
was aimed-also-to: (a) determine farmers opinion in extension methods, and
their confidence in these methods, and (b) determine the relationship between
some personal characteristics of respondents and there response to extension
methods.
A random sample of 140 respondents was chosien from four destercts in the
Green Mountain. Percentages, means, varience, and simple correlation
coefficient were used to analyses the data.
The results showed that:
(a) The majority of respondents are less than 56 years old, illetrate, working in
farming ,holding not more than 3 hektars, members in social organizations,
and have not agricultural projects.
(b) The response to extension methods was between 2.14% (personal letters),
and 28.57% (extension meetings
(c) The majority of respondents meintioned that:
*Their confidence in extension methods was at middle degree, and they
prefer whom have expertness as information resource.
*Extension workers don’t perform any farm or home visits. And there is
no benefit to this method
*They haven’t attend extension meetings because they don’t know the date
and place of meeting
*They never saw extension fields, and therefore they haven’t feeling with
these fields effect.
* They never received any extension publications, in spite of, they expect
that they can get information about fertilization, and deseise from
extension publications
(d) A positive relationship was found between the degree of response to
extension methods and respondents age, while a negative relationship was
found with the agricultural projects, and the Animal.


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