The extent to which managers Agricultural Extension communications skills in the Departments of Agriculture in the Central Region Provinces From the Standpoint of Agricultural Extension Agents

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify the extent of the managers of agricultural extension for the skills of communication in the departments of Agriculture provinces central region from the standpoint of agricultural extension agents, through the scale consisted of three main and (5) sub-areas represented management modernization and innovation in the fields of agriculture and rural areas and included (Management modernization and innovation, accept the risk), and the ability to connect and which includes (to communicate with others, listen, and means of communication) and guidance of agricultural information.Selected provinces of the central region of Iraq to conduct the current research and of the (10) provinces and took a random sample (60%) and the rate of (6) provinces (Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Babylon, Anbar).I took a simple random sample of agricultural extension agent (43%) and the rate of (112) agent of the total community of (262) agricultural agent , has used the following statistical methods: frequencies, percentages, weighted arithmetic mean, weight percentile.For the purpose of achieving the objectives of the research, was prepared scale five to a group of paragraphs reached (44) paragraph distributed on three main themes, including (16) paragraph at the center of administration modernization and innovation in the fields of agriculture and rural (24) paragraph in the axis of the ability to connect and (6) paragraphs in the axis of extension of agricultural information.Results reached, that the majority of managers of agricultural extension in the provinces of the central region have communication skills medium tend to rise, and the results show a slight variation in the importance of communication skills from one governorate to another.