SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS FACING THE APPLICATION OF PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP IN THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SYSTEM/ IRAQ

The research aims to identify some of the administrative problems facing the application of participatory leadership in the agricultural extension system/ Iraq, through a form in which data was collected and included (36) items distributed over four areas, the research community included from the governorates of Iraq, which numbered (15) governorates with the exception of the Kurdistan region and the agricultural extension workers distributed among the agricultural directorates and extension centers who number (526) and (222) workers respectively, a random sample was taken from the governorates of Iraq with a percentage of (53%) and (8) governorates namely (Dhi Qar, Maysan, Karbala, Al-Qadisiyah, Babylon, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk) and a proportional, stratified random sample of (51%) was taken from agricultural extension workers distributed among the agricultural directorates and extension centers in the governorates of Iraq, whose number is (307, 133) and (157, 68) Respectively, the data was analyzed using the SPSS.V28 program, The results of the research concluded that the problems related to the extension organization ranked first in terms of level of importance, achieving a weighted average of (3.31) and a percentage weight of (66.2),while the problems related to the extension director came in last place, achieving a weighted mean score of (2.67) and a percentage weight of (53.4), the research recommended the need to direct attention to the problems facing the extension director as he is the link between higher authorities and those working with him.