Title : A comparative study between the role of agricultural employees in the directorate of agriculture Nineveh and its agricultural divisions in the field of agricultural techniques transfer
Abstract:
The aim of this research was to identify the role of agricultural employees in the departments of Nineveh Agriculture Directorate (Directorate center) and between the agricultural divisions belonging to the Directorate of Agriculture Nineveh in the transfer of agricultural technologies, compared between the role of agricultural employees in the Directorate of Agriculture Nineveh and among the agricultural divisions in the process of the transfer of agricultural techniques, and finding the correlation between the role of agricultural employees in the transfer of agricultural technologies and the independent research included. The research community included all agricultural employees who working in the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate and its agricultural divisions belonging to the Directorate. The final number was (384) employees, of which 147 were in the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate (Directorate center) and 237 were distributed among the agricultural divisions. In the simple random selection of the research sample, the ratio of (60%) of the total research community was adopted. For the purpose of obtaining the data, a questionnaire form was designed, consisting of two parts: the first part: includes data related to the independent personal and functional variables of the agricultural employees in the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate (age, educational level, specialization, origin, duration of service in the agricultural departments, trend towards extension work). Part two: This part of the work included a comparison of the role of agricultural employees in the transfer of agricultural techniques to farmers. This section included (75) items related to the process of transferring agricultural technologies. (I have a very large role, I have a large role, I have an middle role, I have a small role, I have no role). I gave them the following numerical values (5,4,3,2,1) respectively, and thus the numerical value that each eligible employee can obtain is from a minimum of 75 to a maximum of 375 numerical values. The results showed that the role of agricultural staff in the departments of the Directorate of Nineveh in the transfer of agricultural technologies and in the agricultural people is an middle tendency to rise. The role of agricultural employees in the departments of the Nineveh Agriculture Directorate (the headquarters of the Directorate) in the transfer of agricultural technologies is an average tendency to high. The results showed that there is a difference between the role of agricultural employees in the transfer of agricultural technologies in the departments of the Directorate of Agriculture Nineveh (center the Directorate) and between the role of employees in the agricultural divisions, also, there is a significant difference for the benefit of the agricultural employees in the agricultural divisions. The results also showed a significant positive correlation between the role of agricultural employees in the transfer of agricultural technologies and the following independent variables (educational level, specialization and origin), and there is no a significant correlation between the role of agricultural employees in the transfer of agricultural technologies, (Age, duration of service in agricultural departments, orientation towards extension work).
