Perceptions of agricultural extension educators regarding livestock waste management education in the North Central Region

Kwaw‐Mensah, David

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“…This study is based on field research carried out in Libya in 2017. The quantitative method applied in this study is to make it more reliable through research questionnaire adopted from Kwaw-Mensah [15], articles, textbooks, and studies on the subject and internet source.…”

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Perception of Agricultural Students towards Livestock Waste Management Education in Libya

Agila¹,

Lagili²,

Gündüz³

et al. 2019

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Aims: The aim of this research is to define the education processes used in the management of animal wastes and the perception of Libyan agricultural students in the management of livestock wastes. Study Design: This study concentrated on the students’ population. The criteria for eligibility in this study included (i) Students of agriculture (ii) the respondent’s willingness to oblige to the study protocols and complete the study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Tripoli University between the year 2017-2018 among cross-sectional agricultural students in Tripoli district of the Libya. Methodology: The study concentrated on students’ age less than 20-50 years, 166 male 134 female students. The associations between perception and waste management education tools and methods used in Tripoli were analyzed by means of t-test, ANOVA and descriptive statistics. The data were analyzed using the statistical software SPSS 20.0 and the reliability of the construct was examined using Cronbach’s alpha which ranged from 0.709 to 0.831 indicating excellent internal consistency. Results: The study reveal that Agricultural students in Tripoli should be experts in livestock management, by involving in planning educational programs and the delivery of these programs should offer a variety of programs to meet the need of their clients and they should facilitate participants learning processes. The agricultural students have positive perception of currently used teaching method as effective. They also have positive views about the teaching tools in livestock waste management education. There is no statistically significant difference (t (298) = -0.385, p = .700 > 0.05) between male and female agricultural students’ perception regarding the teaching tools used in education of livestock waste management. There was no statistically significant difference (t (298) = -.356, p = .722 > 0.05) between a male and female student regarding the teaching method used in education of livestock waste management. Conclusion: Best management practices, good and acceptable working conditions should be defined, as a crucial and main educational activities for educators. Continuing education and training programs appropriate to the current situation should be developed and transferred to regional educators to help the agricultural students in the area get better use of communication technologies. More teaching tools should be developed and used by livestock waste management education and teaching methods used by livestock waste management educators should be improved.

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Perception of Agricultural Students towards Livestock Waste Management Education in Libya

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Lagili²,

Gündüz³

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“…In his study, Kwaw-Mensh (2008) found that 76.3 % of the extension educators in the North Central Region who responded to his study were male. In the similar studies, Camara However, in this research study, the target population was all extension educators in the North Central Region including the extension educators with on-campus faculty responsibilities.…”

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The relative importance of selected educational process professional competencies to extension educators in the North Central Region of USA

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“…The review of literature indicates that there has been no known research conducted on the food safety educational processes used by extension educators either in the NCR or anywhere else in the United States. There have been some studies that studied the perceptions of extension educators toward the educational processes related to livestock waste management (Kwaw-Mensah, 2008), water quality issues (Camara, 2006), and sustainable agriculture (Jayaratne, 2001) but there is no known study that has compared and contrasted the results among the 12 states in the NCR. Also, there is no known research study that has identified the food safety educational process related inservice needs of the extension educators.…”

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“…Coming to the extension educators' preferences regarding the teaching methods and tools, Kwaw-Mensah (2008) found that extension educators perceived one-on-one instruction and demonstrations to be effective in educating farmers about livestock waste management. Camara (2006) found similar results researching extension educators' perceptions regarding the teaching learning processes about water quality issues (Camara, 2006).…”

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“…Analyzing the perceptions of people involved with agriculture and their use of educational processes is important to making decisions. This is reflected in the number of research studies that have been conducted nationally and globally in agricultural and extension education in these areas on major agricultural issues like livestock waste management (Kwaw-Mensah, 2008), water quality issues (Camara, 2006), sustainable agriculture (Jayaratne, 2001), ecological paradigms (Connors, Swan, & Brousseau, 2004) and soil and water conservation issues (Bruening & Martin, 1992), and on topics like curriculum development (Layfield, Minor, & Waldvogel, 2001), inservice education (Chizari, Lindner, & Zoghie, 1999;Koundinya & Martin (in press); Layfield & Dobbins (2002)), educational delivery strategies (Dollisso & Martin, 2001;Toro & Place, 2004). A brief summary of research findings from each of these studies is given below.…”

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An analysis of the food safety educational processes in the Cooperative Extension System of the North Central Region of the United States

Koundinya

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CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE U.S. and global food safety situation Theoretical and conceptual framework Characteristics and usefulness of perceptions Cooperative Extension System Adult Education Brief history and assumptions about adult education Adult education philosophies Transactional modes of adult education Teaching methods and tools Educational processes and inservice education Inservice education relative to the identified educational processes iii Previous related studies Summary CHAPTER 3. METHODS Research design Data source Sampling procedure Instrumentation Data collection Data analysis Assumptions made by the investigator Limitations/delimitations of the study CHAPTER 4. FINDINGS Demographic information Distribution of work experience Distribution of age Distribution of gender Distribution of academic degrees Perceptions of extension educators toward food safety Importance and use of educational process components Food safety educational processes related inservice needs Perceived effectiveness of teaching methods and tools used in food safety educational programs Extent of use of teaching methods and tools in food safety educational programs Overall comments provided by extension educators CHAPTER 5. DISCUSSION Demographic information of extension educators iv Perceptions of extension educators toward food safety Perceptions of extension educators toward the educational processes related to food safety education Food safety education process related inservice needs Teaching methods and tools used in food safety educational programs Food safety education delivery model for extension educators of the North Central Region

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Perceptions of agricultural extension educators regarding livestock waste management education in the North Central Region

Cited by 7 publications

References 74 publications

Perception of Agricultural Students towards Livestock Waste Management Education in Libya

Perception of Agricultural Students towards Livestock Waste Management Education in Libya

The relative importance of selected educational process professional competencies to extension educators in the North Central Region of USA

An analysis of the food safety educational processes in the Cooperative Extension System of the North Central Region of the United States

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