Underlying Structure of Job Competency Scale in Climate- Smart Agricultural Extension Service.
Climate change could reduce agricultural productivity in lower latitude communities, thereby threatening the food security and livelihoods of farm families. Climate smart agriculture (CSA) has been identified as an approach that could sustainably enhance productivity and mitigate the exacerbating ef...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 27; no. T1; pp. 93 - 112 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=159654162&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 159654162 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2019 Supplement vid: 27 iid: T1 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 159654162 ppf: 93 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.9MB tig: atl: Underlying Structure of Job Competency Scale in Climate- Smart Agricultural Extension Service. aug: au: Umar, Sulaiman Man, Norsida Nawi, Nolila Mohd Latif, Ismail Abd. Muktar, Bashir Garba affil: Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Institute for Agricultural Research, Faculty of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello University, PMB 1044, Zaria, Nigeria Department of Agribusiness and Bioresources Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University, Dutse, Nigeria su: Climate change Agricultural productivity Agriculture Climate change mitigation Parallel algorithms sug: subj: Climate change Agricultural productivity Agriculture Climate change mitigation Parallel algorithms keyword: Agricultural extension climate-smart agriculture competency parallel analysis principal component analysis ab: Climate change could reduce agricultural productivity in lower latitude communities, thereby threatening the food security and livelihoods of farm families. Climate smart agriculture (CSA) has been identified as an approach that could sustainably enhance productivity and mitigate the exacerbating effect of climate change on agriculture. For CSA technologies to be accepted, there is a need for special advisory services delivered by competent extension agents. This study assessed the structure of such competencies among 341 Malaysian extension workers selected randomly. The data obtained from a structured questionnaire was subjected to Varimax rotation of the principal component analysis. The KMO obtained was 0.847 while Bartlett's Test was significant (p < 0.001). Assessment of internal consistency revealed a Cronbach alpha of 0.926. Using Kaiser's criterion, seven components explaining 76.053% variance were extracted. However, parallel analysis streamlined and retained five components. This implied that CSA competency among Malaysian extension workers had a five component structure. This should be taken into consideration when designing trainings to make sure the relevant aspects are covered. It could also be beneficial in climate change adaptation and mitigation programmes. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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