The Role of Agricultural Extension in the Transfer and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies
Keywords:
agricultural extension, technology transfer, technology adoptionAbstract
This article aims to identify the concept of agricultural extension, explain: the concept of the agricultural extension as service and as learning process for farmers. This research aims also to explain for process of transferring and adoption agricultural technology by farmers, the basic requirements that are reliable in choice of agricultural technology for small farmers, as well as to identify the cycle of agricultural technology transfer to farmers. Explain the adoption process of agricultural techniques among farmers, the stages of the adoption process. This article aims also to explain the role of Extension worker in agricultural technology transfer.
The aims of this articles has been discussed by the use of scientific studies and references, also it has to take advantage of on the results of previous studies relating with agricultural extension in the process of discussing the goals of the research and writing.
The results showed discuss the objectives of this research that the Agricultural Extension is an educational process for farmers aimed at the development of agricultural skills and knowledge, as well as to increase agricultural production in quantity and quality. Agricultural Extension and that is the basis of the transfer of agricultural technologies to farmers and to persuade farmers to adopt those agricultural techniques. The results showed that agricultural extension workers are playing a major role in the transfer of agricultural technologies to farmers.
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