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Problem Solving in Extension: Moving Toward a Twenty-First Century Model

In its effort to improve the quality of life for all individuals, the challenge is for Extension to engage individuals, organizations and communities in solving emerging problems that will more fully improve the quality of life of all individuals. Bringing diverse stakeholders together to find solutions to emerging problems entail solving complex socio-technical problems and collective action problems that require collaboration, negotiation, and careful definition and structuring. Too often in this situation, a Type III error is made solving the wrong problem. This is usually because too much emphasis is placed on generating a solution without first identifying the right problem. The crucial task for Extension, therefore, is to identify and define the right collective action problem. We propose an integrated problem-solving model that could prove useful in assisting Extension to address complex collective action problems that are likely to arise in the new reality of the twenty-first century.

Türkiye’de Tarımsal Kooperatifçiliğin İller Açısından Çok Boyutlu Analizi

Bu calismanin amaci Turkiye’de illeri tarimsal kooperatifcilik acisindan cok boyutlu olarak analiz etmektir. Arastirmanin ana materyalini 392 kooperatif ortagi, 84 kooperatif yoneticisiyle yapilan toplam 476 adet anketten elde edilen veriler olusturmustur. Calismanin Turkiye’yi temsil etmesi bakimindan anketler 7 cografi bolgede yapilmistir. Verilerin analizinde tanimlayici istatistikler, Cok Boyutlu Olcekleme Analizi ve Kumeleme Analizi kullanilmistir. Cok boyutlu olcekleme ve kumeleme analizi sonucuna gore iller, kooperatif ortaklari, isletme ozellikleri, yonetici ozellikleri ve kooperatif ozellikleri bakimindan farklilasmaktadir.