Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Amirhossein Alibaygi ¹
• Ghafar Ghanbari ²
• Ismail Karami Dehkordi ³

¹ Razi University

² pH.D, student , Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources,Razi University ,Kermanshah. Iran

³ Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture,Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

. This research was conducted with the aim of measuring the coverage of agricultural extension services in Kermanshah province and the factors affecting it were done in 2024. Research in terms of general approach, in terms of nature (objective). At first, the indicators related to the coverage of agricultural extension services and the influencing factors were identified qualitatively and using the Delphi technique. The research community in the qualitative part and in order to identify the indicators, there are four members of the academic faculty members of agricultural extension and training, six extension coordination management experts, five city extension officials and seven regional promoters. There were 22 people in total. This stage identified 25 indicators in line with the coverage of agricultural extension services and 40 indicators in line with effective factors. The identified indicators were set in the form of a questionnaire.The identified questions were prepared in the form of a questionnaire. The statistical population of the research in the quantitative sector, there were 711 experts responsible for the domain, and 252 people were selected through the Kerjsi and Morgan table using the stratified random sampling method with proportional assignment based on the leveling of the centers. After normalizing and weighting the indicators, the coverage status of agricultural extension services was determined based on perscottAllen's five classes. The effective factors on the coverage of agricultural extension services were also identified using a multi regression method.

Keywords

• Coverage of extension
• Sustainable agricultural development
• Learning center
• new system of extension
• Promoters responsible for the area

Main Subjects

• Agricultural education