ANALYSIS OF SOME INTERNAL VARIABLES OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SYSTEM IN IRAQ ACCORDING TO THE SWOT MODEL

The research aimed to analyze both the organizational structure and the organizational climate of the agricultural extension system environment in Iraq. To achieve the research objectives, a questionnaire was prepared, consisting of (32) paragraphs, the research community included all agricultural extension managers, totaling (220),representing 100% of the targeted research community . The research results for analyzing the organizational structure showed that (delegating some powers to other officials to ensure the flow and continuity of extension work) which ranked first in terms of importance , with a weighted rate of (2.14) degrees ,while (lack of diversity of agricultural extension approaches) came in first place in the weaknesses ,with a weighted rate of (2.96) degrees, as for the analysis of the organizational climate, (Adopting teamwork methods among the formations of the extension organization) came in first place, with a weighted rate of (2.21) degrees, as for the weaknesses, while the paragraph (agricultural extension feel that they are under constant supervision to perform extension work according to the rules and instructions) came in first place in terms of importance or the respondents, with a weighted rate of (2.58) degrees, Accordingly, we recommend that the responsible authorities in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Extension and Training Department adopt the results of the research and work to take into consideration the necessity of focusing on strengths as much as possible and exploiting them correctly, and eliminating weaknesses.