Abstract

CHAVEZ, Víctor Manuel Santos et al. Characterization of rural extension workers in Mexico a contribution from the correspondence analysis. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.8, pp.1445-1457.  Epub May 02, 2022. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v12i8.2893.

Rural innovation remains a crucial element to solve problems of low productivity in agriculture and rural poverty, rural extension constitutes an instrument of agricultural policy that promotes innovation through its extension workers. In order to characterize the profile of these actors, a typology was made based on their professional attributes and the problems they face. The survey of extension workers of the monitoring and evaluation system of the rural extension policy 2016-2017 was used, it collected information in ten states of the republic and its sample size was 609 questionnaires. The methodology used multivariate statistical procedures, at first, the correspondence analysis estimated principal dimensions, later clusters were constructed to define the typology. Three strata were detected, which grouped the predominant problem and area of the professional studies, this allows a better understanding of the characteristics of the extension workers and establish strategies for solving problems in the extension policy focused on the knowledge of the capacities and conditions of one of its main actors.

Keywords : agricultural training; rural development; rural education; rural typologies.