Descriptive Study of The Agricultural Extension Needs for Sheep Raisers in The Balqa Governorate in Jordan

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The aim of this study was to determine the agricultural extension needs of sheep owners Balqa governorate in Jordan and some Personal characteristics. A sample of 60 owners was selected and interviewed individually. Using a questionnaire included two parts; the first was the personal and socioeconomic information of the owners and the second was a measure of knowledge levels on the sheep rearing areas. For analyzing data, frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviations. The most important results were:
There was three categories for need levels; low             (< 41.85) degree, medium between (65.22-41.85) degree and high (> 65.22) degree. It was found that 18.3%, 73.3%, and 8.3 % of the sheep owners were fall in the low, medium, and high levels, respectively.The arrangements of extention needs for owners in the items includes in sheep raizing was: health care,reproductivity, raizing and the last is nutrition,the important ratio of means for these issues were (51.4%, 50.6%, 45.6%, 41.5%) respectively.
The results of this study recommend in strengthening the role of agricultural extension in animal field by teaching and awareness sheep owners through the preparation a scientific and practical plan dealing with the detailed results of this study.

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