The Reality of the Usage of Extension Methods by Workers in Agricultural Extension: A review

Abstract

In view of the effective variation of the extension methods, in addition to what constitutes the usage of the agricultural extension system for the multiple and various extension methods as an essential duty of his job. Through this use, the agricultural extension can win the farmers' confidence and change them. and since agricultural extension directs its message to many farmers who are different in their social and economic characteristics, ages, habits, and experiences, therefore, it is required that agricultural extension use many extension methods in order to be able to face these differences between the target farmers, and the benefit of diversity in the use of extension methods is to ensure access to each individual and influence it. This is what the current study tries to shed light on in order to achieve the needs of academic knowledge and enrich scientific research in the field of agricultural extension on the one hand and to benefit those responsible for extension work on the other hand, used under the prevailing local conditions and the most effective ones, so that they can be used as a guide when introducing the ideas and recommendations used to the farmers’ audience in a way that guarantees obtaining the highest possible response, in addition to knowing the obstacles to using the extension methods, and the ways to solve these obstacles.

Keywords

• the reality
• agricultural extension
• extension methods
• extension work.