Factors influencing farmers' satisfaction with the quality of agricultural extension services
| Autor: | Bader Alhafi Alotaibi, Ahmed Hasan Herab, Muhammad Muddassir, Hazem S. Kassem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Farms
Social Psychology Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Personal Satisfaction 03 medical and health sciences Agricultural science 0302 clinical medicine 0504 sociology Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Business and International Management Practical implications Agroecology Agricultural extension media_common Farmers Descriptive statistics business.industry 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 050401 social sciences methods Agriculture Annual income Business Diversity (business) Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Evaluation and program planning. 85 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7870 |
| Popis: | Assessing farmers' satisfaction with the quality of agricultural-extension services is essential for developing extension programs that comply with farmers' needs and agroecological conditions. This study aimed to determine factors influencing farmers' satisfaction with extension services. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a random sample of 393 farmers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate. Farmers assessed the quality of extension services by five main indicators: (1) availability, (2) accessibility, (3) diversity, (4) relevance, and (5) effectiveness. Descriptive statistics and a logistic-regression model were used to analyze the data. Results showed that farmers had lowly participated in the provided extension services. The accessibility of services was ranked first with regard to satisfaction, while diversity of services was the lowest-ranked quality attribute. Results also revealed that factors significantly influencing farmers' satisfaction included farm size, diversity of farming activities, annual income, and participation in extension services. Results provide practical implications for policy makers to support smallholder farmers by providing high-quality extension programs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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