Abstract: This study deals with the concept of the agricultural extension and its role in the transfer, adaptation, dissemination and adoption of modern agricultural technology. It aims to identify the nature of the agricultural extension, its characteristics and importance, and to identify the success factors of the agricultural extension in the transfer, adaptation, adoption and dissemination of modern agricultural technology as well as to know the most prominent and the most important obstacles for adaptation and dissemination and adoption of advanced modern developed agricultural technology. Also to identify the optimal options and appropriate procedures and provision of recommendations and proposals aimed for improving and developing agricultural extension services in the process of introducing modern technology to achieve the nominal objective of increasing and improving Agricultural production. In order to arrive at honest and expressive results, the analytical descriptive method for historical and scientific facts derived from specialized scientific studies and references which is relevant to the same subject has been adopted by describing the literatures of the concept and role of agricultural extension in this field and its importance and its obstacles in order to reach results that can be used in future. And to provide a number of recommendations that can be implemented on the ground, in view of the importance of the subject of transfer, adaptation and adoption of modern agricultural technology and the importance and role of agricultural extension in this aspect. Therefore, the most important recommendations of the study were the need to activate the role of agricultural extension in order to increase the awareness among the farmers to enforce the desired change. Consequently, the transfer and adapt of modern agricultural technology and new practices from their sources, to train their cadres and to give them greater autonomy and freedom to participate in decision-making and in solution problems encountering the transfer and their adaptation to suit the local conditions and resources. Thus, the sound technological policy must utilize the national resources and skills to achieve their highest goals under the social, economic and environmental conditions.
Keywords: Agricultural extension, transfer, adaptation, dissemination and adoption of technology.
Title: Agricultural Extension and Its Role in the Transfer, Adaptation, Dissemination and Adoption of Modern Agricultural Technology
Author: Saad. S.Faraj Madi, Mustafa Al Hadi Saedi, Yaşar AKTAŞ
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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