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One of the important factors that
contribute to agricultural development is
information. As such agricultural extension
workers that link agricultural
agencies to the farmers must have
adequate and up-to-date information
about agricultural practices before they
could inform, educate and train the
farmers in method and techniques of
farming. This study aims to determine the
types of information needed by agricultural
extension workers; to determine the
sources of information used by the
agricultural extension workers; and to
determine the comparison between types
of information with information sources
used by agricultural extension workers.
The present study was a descriptive study
using a survey design and conducted at
Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) Province. The populations of the study
consists 181 agricultural extension workers divisible in the district level,
namely Sleman, Kulon Progo, Gunung Kidul dan Bantul. Sampling procedure
in this study used cluster sampling. The method for gathering data from the
respondents is based on a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was
to describe the characteristics of the respondents and the dependent variables
of the study. As a result, most of agricultural extension workers strongly
needed the innovation information in seeking information followed by
extension service information and extension role information. The result of
information sources used by agricultural extension worker for extension service
information, innovation information and extension role information indicates
that agricultural extension workers used interpersonal source. Most of them
never sought information use Internet, they use radio more frequently than
television and video, agricultural extension worker also used mass media as
information source.
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