Abstract
There is a growing public interest in sustainability and environmental conservation. This growing public concern implies the need for focusing programs on sustainable agriculture, where by, agriscience college teachers, and extension agents can play a key role.. However, the question is whether agriscience teachers, and extension agents have been prepared to carry out this task? The focus of this study was to identeify agriscience teachers', and extension agents' perceptions regarding sustainable agricultural practices. This study used survey design and was conducted on 68 agriscience teachers and 112 extension agents in Ninavah. An instrument was developed to collect data consisted of two parts utilized to identify their perceptions regarding importance and impacts of sustainable agrecultural practices. The form also consisted of two questions, one about the importance of diffusion of sustainable agriculture concepts among agriscience teachers, extension agents, and farmers, and the other about their perceptions regarding importance of including agricultural education programs a subject on sustainable agriculture. The results showed that both agriscience teachers and extension agents perceived importance and impacts of sustainable agricultural practices.However agriscience teachers were more positive toward instruments items than extension agents. Both teachers and extension agents interested in diffusion of sustainable agricultural concepts among agriscience teachers, extension agents, and farmers, as well as they had apositive view towards including agricultural education programs a subject about sustainable agriculture in agricultural college, institutes, and schools.
