Using Dichotomous Distribution to Assess the Efficiency and Social Modeling of Agricultural Extension Projects in the Islamic Republic of Iran
محل انتشار: مجله علوم و فناوری کشاورزی، دوره: 2، شماره: 1
سال انتشار: 1378
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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چکیده مقاله:
There is undoubtedly general agreement that the efficiency of educational investments
should he maximized through the managerial process as far as possible.
Agricultural extension is one of the crucial tasks in developing agricultural societies
calling for considerable consumption of intellectual investment. The management of
agricultural extension projects (AEPs) however, needs careful planning in utilizing
this investment specially in terms of meeting the right clientele. This paper reports on
the use of a statistical device which can be applied for planning the social modeling of
agricultural extension programs. This statistical device, the so-called Dichotomous
Distribution of the Extension Clientele (DDEC) was designed and used by the author
to determine the social modeling of agricultural extension projects in Iran and the
degree to which the extension projects have been successful in reaching their target
clientele. The procedure consisted of four major criteria: farmers, educational needs,
participation in AEP: access to utilities needed for adoption and utilization of the
innovation (advice given by the extension agents). As a result of using this method
and interviewing ۹۱۲ farmers throught ۵۷ randomly selected AEPs, it was found that
۶۶ percent of the projects in ۱۹۸۸ and ۶۰ percent in ۱۹۸۹ were thoroughly efficient,
and ۱۶ percent in ۱۹۸۸ and ۱۲ percent in ۱۹۸۹ were efficient. Four projects in each
year were found to have a very low efficiency rate while one project in ۱۹۸۸ and four
projects in ۱۹۸۹ were inefficient in terms of their social modeling. This procedur has
been applied to study the social modeling along with the efficiency of the extension
projects dealing with the biological control of rice stenborer in eastern part of
Mazandaran province where rice is the dominant cash crop. Acording to this result
obtained from the recent research projects, it was shown that the less differences
among the number of trained farmers and the target groups the more efficient were
the extension project In addition, there was statistically significant difference among
those of target groups and none target groups in term of applying the extension
boicontrol guidlines in rice production practices. The related extension projects were
also efficient (r=۰.۷۳) in term of their social modelings.
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نویسندگان
I. Malek Mohammadi
Department of Agricultural Extension & Education Faculty of Agronomy Sciences College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.