Participatory management opportunity for optimizing in agricultural extension education



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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.325
DOI: 
10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.325
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Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
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journal article
Journal: 
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Pages: 
1531-1534
Volume: 
15
Author(s): 
Moayedi A.A.
Azizi M.
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This study refines the participatory management (PM) in agricultural extension education (AEE) by adopting a multidimensional approach. PM is a process where extension agent (EA) tries to provide a good situation for AEE and share significant degree of power with their farmers. The data were obtained from samples of 290 Iranian farmers in Torbat Heydarieh, Iran. Methodology was descriptive and correlation. There was directly and a statically significant relation between all of components of PM regarding in effective AEE. The PM is a panacea for improving the AEE. Findings confirm the application of PM for achieving suitable strategy to AEE

Publication year: 
2011
Keywords: 
Participatory management
agricultural extension education
extension agent