DETERMINANTS THAT FACING THE TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPLICATION IN TRAINING EXTENSION CENTERS

This study was aimed to investigate facing the total quality management application in training extension centers of Iraq. This study was conducted on all Iraqi governorates except the Kurdistan Region, A random sample was withdrawn from them by 50% (8 governorates). The sample included agricultural managers and extension employees working in the training extension centers and their affiliated farms in the governorates included in the research sample, included 149 respondents. Data were collected from the respondents by personal interview method during the period 9/7/2023-5/9/2023. The results showed existence of could be determinants that face the application of total quality management in the training extension centers, as the financial determinants came in the first place with a weighted mean (4.135) degrees and a percentage weight (82.69) degrees, and the determinants related to employees in the extension centers training, came in the last order with a weighted mean (3.46) degrees and a percentage weight (69.188) degrees, and the researchers recommended the need to take these determinants into account by the Department of Extension and Agricultural Training to reduce and address them To facilitate the process of applying total quality management in training extension centers.