Factors Correlated with the Need for Skills Development of Agricultural Promotions Scholars Who Work for the Department of Agricultural Promotions

Abstract

         The purposes of this research were to study 1) the personal characteristics of agricultural promotions scholars, 2) the need for skills development in the area of agricultural promotions, and 3) factors related to the need for skills development in agricultural promotions. The sample group were 368 agricultural promotions scholars who were associated with the Department of Agricultural Promotions. The instrument used in the research was a questionnaire. The results showed that: 1) 54.1% of the scholars were female, 48.9% of them were of age 30-39, 34.8% had agricultural experience of 6-8 years, and 38.3% were responsible for agricultural promotions / farmer institutional groups, 2) with regard to the need for skills development in agricultural promotions, there is a need for improvement in the areas of communication skills, use of information technology, production of media materials, knowledge transfer and human relationships and the overall need is at the highest level, and 3) gender, age, experience in agricultural promotion and responsibilities in agricultural promotional work correlated with the need to develop skills in agricultural promotion in all aspects with statistical significance at the level of 0.01.