The Role of Various Factors in the Attitude, Skills and Knowledge of Sari Gardeners in the Field of Citrus Operations with Emphasis on Extension Training

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Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

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Keeping operations management has a very important role in increasing the Citrus crop yield and extension training is one of the important strategies to familiarize gardeners with the keeping operations management of Citrus orchards. In this regard, this study was conducted to determine the role of various factors in the attitude, skills and knowledge of Sari gardeners in the field of Citrus operations with emphasis on extension training in 2020. The view of the research was quantitative in terms of the nature of the subject, the type of research was descriptive and causal-comparative and in terms of the method of data collection was survey. The statistical population consisted of two groups of trained and untrained gardeners. With simple random sampling method and using Morgan table, 120 trained gardeners and with multi-stage random sampling method and using Cochran's formula, 120 untrained gardeners were selected as the research sample. The results of the Median test showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups in terms of components of attitude about nutrition and pruning, skill of nutrition and integrated pest management and knowledge of nutrition, pruning, integrated pest management and irrigation. The results of Friedman test showed that extension training had the most roles on the attitude component and the least role on the skill component in the field of Citrus keeping operations.

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