THE REALITY OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF WORKERS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOME FACTORS IN SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE

• 1Rana Diaa Hazem AL-Maimary 2Majeed Hadi Saleh Al-Hamdany

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   The research aimed to identify the reality of knowledge management in the organization of agricultural extension from the point of view of agricultural workers and its relationship to some factors in Salah al-Din Governorate, as well as to determine the significance of the correlation between knowledge management and each of the following independent factors studied (age, gender, academic achievement, length of service, academic specialization, job position). The research community included all employees of Salah al-Din Governorate, and their number amounted to (400) employees. A simple random sample was drawn at a rate of (40%), and its size amounted to (160) respondents. A preliminary test of the data collection tool was conducted, and to verify the stability of the research tool, Cronbach's alpha equation was used, and its value amounted to (0.911). Field data was collected by personal interview, during October and November 2024. The scale consisted of (38) paragraphs measuring the level of knowledge management, consisting of five fields: (the process of generating and diagnosing agricultural knowledge, the process of organizing and acquiring agricultural knowledge, the process of storing agricultural knowledge, the process of developing and sharing agricultural knowledge, and the process of applying agricultural knowledge). The SPSS program and some statistical methods were used to analyze the data. The research results showed that the level of knowledge management in the agricultural extension organization is average and tends to decline, i.e. it is described as weak, and that the respondents' scores ranged between (71-177) points, with an arithmetic mean of (125.96) points. The research results recommended the necessity of providing the necessary information technology to manage agricultural knowledge and training extension workers on it so that they can benefit from it in carrying out agricultural knowledge management operations in performing their extension tasks and paying attention to adopting strategies that support agricultural knowledge management within the agricultural extension.

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