Work Constraints of Agricultural Extension Centers in Kafrelsheikh and Algharbieah Governorates

This research aimed to identify the work constraints of agricultural extension centers in Kafrelsheikh and Algharbieah governorates related to its abilities, equipment, extension workers, the targets of their work, their relationship with organizations involved in work, fields & activities of the work, and to identify significant differences between the average degrees of responses of the respondents in two studied governorates for each of these constraints, Data were collected during March and April 2011 by using personal interviewing questionnaire from random sample amounted to 113 respondents were determined according to table of sample of Krejcie and Morgan, they are 58 respondents from Kafrelsheik governorate and 55 respondents from Algharbieah governorate, from the population which amounted to157 of the extension workers in agricultural extension centers in Kafrelsheik and Algharbieah governorates. Several Statistical tools such as: the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and (T) test were used to explain data statistically.
The most important results of this study were as follow:
1) The most important constraints related to the possibilities and equipment in the agricultural extension centers: The absence of periodical maintenance of the installations of the extension centers, followed by the lack of advances for purchase manuals or some of the requirements of extension centers work, and absence of updated extension centers.
2) The most important constraints related to agriculture extensionists in the agricultural extension centers: non-motivate staff of agriculture extensionists in the agricultural extension centers, followed by weakness of the spirit of cooperation between the staff works in the agricultural extension centers, And misguided promotion opportunities available to staff works  in the agricultural extension centers.
3) The most important constraints related to target from works of agricultural extension centers: The weak of economic situation of most farmers, followed by the need for farmers to focus on the demonstration and weakness of the Center's ability to meet it, then the reluctance of farmers about the extension centers his inability to provide some agricultural inputs.
4) The most important constraints related to relationship of agricultural extension centers with relevant organizations work on: the lack of coordination or cooperation between the agricultural extension and Irrigation Engineering of the work of extension programs, irrigation work, followed by lack of coordination or cooperation between the Centre and the Bank of the village to work programs, agricultural economic, and lack of coordination or cooperation between the center points of the provision of agricultural inputs  .
5) The most important obstacles related to areas and activities of the work of counseling centers: lack of supervision and follow-up agricultural extension the activities of extension in agricultural societies under the scope of its work, followed by the scarcity of outreach activities for rural youth, and lack of supervision and follow-up agriculture extensionists in agricultural extension center workers in agricultural associations subject to the scope of work.
6) There was no significant difference between means of degrees of the respondents on both studied governorates in the constraints related to the following: The possibilities and equipment of agricultural extension center, And agricultural extensionists in agricultural extension center and the target of the work in agricultural extension centers, and the relationship of agricultural extension with relevant organizations work, and fields and work activities of agricultural extension centers.