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Description of Job Embeddedness in Arkansas County Extension Agents
<p>The Cooperative Extension System (CES) has had a long-standing problem with the retention of its county Extension agents (CEAs), who are in charge of running various programs in over 3,000 counties within the United States. When a CEA leaves a county, voluntarily or involuntarily, the community …
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Processes used by selected Illinois Extension agents (advisers) to produce high-quality programs
Previous research indicates that Extension advisers have not followed program planning models recommended in the literature. This study determined the actual processes Illinois county advisers have commonly used to produce high quality Extension programs. One reason the study was carried out was so …
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Training Needs Of Area Specialized Extension Agents in the North Carolina Extension Service
… most important to the effectiveness of the agents. The study also determined the specific items within the competency areas that ASEAs would like to have included in their in-service training. Selected demographic characteristics were collected to determine characteristics such as agents' …
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A Needs Assessment of Aquaculture Extension Agents, Specialists, and Program Administrators in Extension Programming
… education and training needs of aquaculture Extension agents, specialists, and program administrators on the list serve AQUA-EXT. Ten competency areas were evaluated regarding perceived importance, and need for continuing education or training. In addition, 14 resources on the Aquaculture …
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Unethical practices in exhibiting animals as observed by West Virginia extension agents and high school agriculture teachers
… in exhibiting animals observed by West Virginia extension agents and high school teachers. A researcher-created demographic sheet and a fifty-eight-statement Lickert type questionnaire were sent to all extension agents and high school agriculture teachers in West Virginia (N = 154). Descriptive …
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Describing the Use of Microsoft? Lync? in the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service among County Extension Agents
… the use and acceptance of Microsoft? Lync? among agents from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. A survey research design was used with an on-line questionnaire containing 23 items. The questionnaire was modified from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model and …
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Characterization of nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and practices amongst agricultural extension agents and their beneficiaries in the dry corridor of Honduras
… in the Dry Corridor of Honduras. Agricultural extension agents are lifelines for rural farming communities, offering knowledge and resources to support agricultural productivity. Integration of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programs into agricultural extension services (AES) has …
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A comparative analysis of job design characteristics, organizational structure, and personal characteristics affecting job satisfaction of extension agents in two extension organizations in Tanzania
The present study was designed to compare two extension organizations in Tanzania: Commodity extension and General extension. Comparisons were made at three levels. First, to determine whether the two organizations differ in levels of job satisfaction; second, to determine whether the two …
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Factors influencing the compensat[i]on levels of land grant university extension educators
… the factors that influence the salary County Extension Agents in Kansas who are employed by K-State Research and Extension. The purpose of the study was to determine factors or the correlation among factors that influence salary compensation. Information was retrieved regarding the 241 County …
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An Assessment of Virginia Cooperative Extension's New Extension Agent Training Program
This study is an assessment of the New Extension Agent Training (NEAT) program in Virginia. Although new Extension agents have exceptional subject matter training, they often lack skills needed to be effective Extension professionals (Bennett, 1979). The NEAT program provides a way for new agents …
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How farmers in West Virginia are using value-added processing to increase annual income
… processing as expressed by agriculture extension agents and farmers, and identified the number of value-added producers in West Virginia. The population targeted with the initial survey consisted of 28 agriculture extension agents in West Virginia representing 55 counties. The second …
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How Can We Prepare the Coming Generation for Change Making? A Qualitative Study Exploring Strategies for Fostering Transformational Leadership Development Among Youth and Young Professionals
… and young professionals. For over 100 years, 4-H Extension services have been heavily involved in organizing and strategizing youth development programs, making them the largest youth development organization in the United States. This study adopts a qualitative research method to explore the …
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Nonformal Education for Rural Development: The Women's Training Center in Senegal
… to train young Senegalese women to be rural extension agents. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the training program, t
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Climate change impacts and farmers' responses in Chilanga District, Zambia
… to ensure agricultural strategies promoted by extension officers are locally relevant and are adopted by the farmers. The study is based on semi-structured interviews and literature review. Thirty-one (31) farmers from Mwembeshi, Chilanga District, Zambia, participated in the study. The …
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Economic impacts of extension integrated pest management programs in the United States
… and distribution of net economic benefits of Extension IPM, and to assess the relative importance of socioeconomic factors in affecting the adoption of IPM in the states of Indiana, Virginia, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Massachusetts, Mississippi and the Northwest region. …
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The influentials in a selected rural county: their salient characteristics and interrelationships
… involvement of these individuals in Cooperative Extension programs. The reputational method was employed in identifying the influentials in a selected rural agricultural county in Virginia with 10,000 inhabitants. Additional information was collected with a pre-tested interview schedule. The …
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Increasing Program Effectiveness Through use of Principles of Andragogy in Tennessee Beef Quality Assurance Programs
… is an educational program taught as Cooperative Extensions efforts. The program aims to predominately adult beef cattle producers. Andragogy, also known as adult learning theory, was created by Malcolm Knowles to effectively teach adults. In this study, qualitative methods and quantitative …
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The Influence of Farm Advisory Services and Socio-Economic and Physical Factors on the Toxicity of Pesticides Used for Cotton and Peanuts in the Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed
… study, namely, hired staff, university and state extension agents, chemical dealers, and scouting personnel. Regression analysis is used to estimate how the aggregate toxicity index and the aggregate pesticide expenditures were affected by farmers' choice of the most important farm advisory …
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Review and Evaluation of Grain Marketing and Hedging Strategies for Virginia Grain Producers
… and accessible manner, so that producers and extension agents can use this information to make real-time grain marketing decisions.
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