Evaluation Quality of the Digital Extension Application

M. A. Elhamoly, Adel Ibrahim; Elgorab, Marwa Salem; Elshafei, Ahmad Abdelaleim

doi:10.21608/jsas.2024.337510.1495

Evaluation Quality of the Digital Extension Application "El-Mufeed in Food and Agriculture" from the Viewpoint of Rural Development Officials at El-Gharbia Governorate

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

¹ Dept of Agric. Extension, Fac. of Agric., Kafrelsheikh University

² Institute of Agric extension, Agricultural Research Center

³ قسم الاقتصاد الزراعي- کلية الزراعة- جامعة کفرالشيخ

10.21608/jsas.2024.337510.1495

Abstract

This research mainly aims to evaluate quality of the extension application “El-Mufeed in Food and Agriculture”, this research was conducted in El-Gharbia Governorate, from four administrative districts (Tanta, Qotour, El-Mahalla al-Kubra, and Samanoud) were selected randomly. The number of rural development officials was counted to 140 officials. A simple random sample from them was 104 respondents. The data collect through a personal questionnaire in April 2024. the data was processed statistically by: frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation, and weighted average, the most important results were: About 85% of respondents were found in the categories medium and high degrees of the total quality standards availability of the studied application. About 89% of them agreed that there were obstacles to their use of the application to a low or medium degree, the most important of which were: the lack of Internet service in the workplace with a weighted average of 60 degree, followed by the unavailability of computers in the workplace with a weighted average of 59.67 degree, then the weakness of the Internet among a large number of those targeted by the counseling service with a weighted average of 55.33 degree. Their most important suggestions to overcome them were: providing modern computers in agricultural extension workers’ workplaces by 98.1%, strengthening Internet networks in rural areas by 95.2%, performing periodic maintenance on electronic devices for extension workers by 91.3%, and training agricultural extension workers to use the extension application by 88.5%.

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