A Comparative Study of the Satisfaction Degree for Extension Services Provided by The Extension Centers in Qalyubia Governorate

This research mainly aimed at determining the degree of general satisfaction with the extension services provided by the extension centers from the point of view of extension workers and farmers in Qalyubia governorate, by achieving the following sub-objectives: Identifying the degree of satisfaction with the extension service, in the areas of plant production, horticulture production, livestock production, and rural development, to determine the differences among the estimates of both extension workers and farmers to the degree of satisfaction of the extension service in these four areas, the relationship among the degrees of general satisfaction of the extension services provided by the extension centers and some of the personal, social, economic, and communication variables characteristic of the researches from extension workers and farmers, and to achieve these objectives two questionnaires were designed and the data were collected by interview with two samples of researchers with a sample of 216 extension workers, while the sample of farmers reached 364 researchers, repetitions, percentages and averages were used to display data and the (T) test was used to test the validity of statistical assumptions related to the differences among the researchers, and the Pearson correlation factor was used to find the correlation among the dependent variables. The independent variables studied, and the use of multiple regression correlational analysis was used to find the ratios of contribution of these independent variables to the interpretation of the overall variation of the dependent variable.