IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXPERTS PERSPECTIVE OF ZANJAN PROVINCE

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HAMIDI KOLSOUM; YAGHOUBI JAFAR

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Journal: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH Year:2016 | Volume:9 | Issue:3 (35) Page(s): 23-33

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IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXPERTS PERSPECTIVE OF ZANJAN PROVINCE

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HAMIDI KOLSOUM | YAGHOUBI JAFAR | Issue Writer Certificate

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URBAN EXTENSIONQ2

AGRICULTUREQ2

EXTENSION AGENTSQ2

CITIZENSQ2

ZANJANQ2

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Urban AGRICULTURE as the new strategy in the process of urban sustainable development and extension is one of the mechanisms of its development. Using efficient and capable manpower is essential for urban agricultural extension. The purpose of this study was to identify the competencies required for urban AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS. Descriptive-survey method was used in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of academic experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach›s alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (0.90). EXTENSION AGENTS in ZANJAN province formed the population of the study (N=168) and samples were selected using stratified random sampling (n=91). Using confirmatory factor analysis, the competencies required for urban AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS were summarized in seven factors including: extension and education planning skills, Innovative and entrepreneurial responsibility, capabilities in ICT and educational technology and urban communication skills, high legal- administrative knowledge, experience and knowledge in education and adult learning, positive attitude to urban AGRICULTURE with up to date experience and knowledge and scientific ethics worthy. These factors explained 76.91% of the total variance. Result of F test showed that the views of experts on the first and sixth factor were significant, but the rest were not significant.

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HAMIDI, KOLSOUM, & YAGHOUBI, JAFAR. (2016). IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXPERTS PERSPECTIVE OF ZANJAN PROVINCE. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH, 9(3 (35)), 23-33. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/189845/en

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HAMIDI KOLSOUM, YAGHOUBI JAFAR. IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXPERTS PERSPECTIVE OF ZANJAN PROVINCE. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH[Internet]. 2016;9(3 (35)):23-33. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/189845/en

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KOLSOUM HAMIDI, and JAFAR YAGHOUBI, “IDENTIFICATION OF COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EXPERTS PERSPECTIVE OF ZANJAN PROVINCE,” JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH, vol. 9, no. 3 (35), pp. 23–33, 2016, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/189845/en

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