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O. ÖZÇATALBAŞ2.1. Role of the Ministry in ExtensionThe budget of the Chamber comesfrom subscriptions, fees and state subsidies.Many specialists are demanded by thegrowers for extension work and training andgrowers need to pay fee for these service.About 75% of the Chamber budget wasdevoted to staff salary. (Rhein, 2000).The Ministry of Agriculture supportsfinancially to the extension and researchactivities and contributes about half of theChamber’s total budget. In the sake of thissupport, the Chamber conducts someresearch studies in its own researchinstitutions and presents the research resultsto Ministry of Agriculture. The remainingpart of the Chamber’s budget comes fromextension services paid by growers (20%),annual grower fees (subscriptions-30,4%)and the Chamber own contribution (4,5%)(Rhein, 2000; Ozcatalbas, 2000).The functions of the Ministry in thenon-governmental extension organisationsystem are to support financially toextension service, to conduct Research andDevelopment (R&D) to organise fair andexhibitions as national and internationallevels to introduce and disseminate of newtechnologies, to act together with federalgovernment to apply common agriculturalpolicy, to develop national informationnetworks and to prepare infrastructure tojoin with the international informationnetworks. The generation (produce) andstorage of information are realised byFederal Ministry of Agriculture, LowerSaxony Ministry of Agriculture andChambers of Agriculture in order to conductand implement macro level plans and toprovide suitable atmosphere to the receiversduring the extension services.2.2. Extension Organisation in the RegionThe horticultural extensionorganisation of Hanover region can bedivided into two main fields (Rhein, 2000;Ozcatalbas, 2000):1. Horticultural extension (all horticulturalextension & research activities)2. Agricultural extension excludinghorticulture (extension is oriented only toagriculture but not horticulture)As it shown in Figure 1, The Chamberis divided into six departments. One of themost important departments is Horticultureand another crucial one is Education andExtension. This department is supported by26 county (Kreisstellen) offices and tworesearch institutes (Lufa Hameln &Ahlemer). The tasks of other departmentsare administrative and technical fields.DIRECTORD E P A R T M E N T S1- Horticulture(All horticultural extension &research activities)2- Education & Extension,Farm Economics(without horticulture)3- Crop Production & RegionalDevelopment4- Animal ProductionαHusbandry5- Forestry6- General Management (administrative)1-Horticultural Marketing - organisation and development2-Farm Economics - services, trade and rantability3-Ornamental4- Vegetable5-Horticultural Training6- Research Institute7. Fruit research station (in Jork)1-Marketing & organisation, agric.statistics2-Vocational training in horticulture, land, forestry & homeeconomics.3-Training&extension for agric.employeer, manager& women4-Demand subjects 5-Agricultural technology6-Extension for firmsResearch InstitutesLufa Hameln Ahlemer instituteFigure 1. The Horticultural Extension Organisation of the Chamber139

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