Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Ylli BIÇOKU, ELDA HOXHA, Irena GJIKA, Veis SELAMI, Vullnet GJOLLA
A survey was carried out during the lockdown period (April-May 2020), to assess agricultural advisors’ preferences on extension service activities. A questionnaire was mailed to the 66 advisors of the Regional Agencies of Extension Service of Tirana and Korça and the descriptive statistic method was used to analyse the data collected. Before disseminating the innovations, the advisors need more trainings on extension methods & activities, and agricultural practices. “Trainings combined with field visits for the practical side” is their first choice to get new knowledge on topics related to their work, while as a second choice they have preferred “open field days”. Extensionists perception is that that “Demonstrations” and “Trainings combined with on-farm visits” are the two main activities that the extensionists think of as the most suitable activities for the farmers and for the realization of their plan of extension activities. As less im-portant activities extensionists listed: “In-country trainings”, “Brochure/Leaflet”, “Study tours” and “Open field days”.
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