Agricultural education
HOSSEIN MANAFI RASI; Salman Afshar; Hamidreza Moslehi
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As the main cause of development, provision of specialized workforce is known as a mission of higher education system in any countries. This issue entails scientific planning and is regarded as a base for need assessment in education. To assess the need for manpower, various methods and models have been ...
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As the main cause of development, provision of specialized workforce is known as a mission of higher education system in any countries. This issue entails scientific planning and is regarded as a base for need assessment in education. To assess the need for manpower, various methods and models have been proposed and lots of experiences have been obtained in different countries. Based on scientific experience, realities, available information as well as economic requirements, one of these methods or a combination of them is employed by researchers. Considering the nature of the activities related to livestock farming as well as the available standards by animal husbandry system in the country, the ratio density method was applied to assess the need for educated manpower, in which the ratio of the need for university-educated manpower to the number of livestock, poultry, honey bee colony and feed production capacity was considered as the basis of the estimate. The optimum ratio between the educated workforce and the production capacity was determined based on the relevant experts of the animal husbandry system. The results indicate that the required recruitment for university graduates in different relevant activities for a thirty-year period was estimated to be 44135 in livestock farming, 16336 in poultry farming, 8000 in honey bee keeping and 985 in feed production. In addition, it appeared that some 2315 graduates in animal science are required, annually, including 3.5% PhD, 26.5% in the master's, 70% in the bachelor's and associate’s levels.
Agricultural education
Mehdi Nikkhah Maman; seyed reza saberi
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One of the important functions of the institution of science and higher education, is the training of human resources with skills that are suitable for the current and future conditions of the country, dealing with knowledge and the ability to apply it. Currently, the significant unemployment rate of ...
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One of the important functions of the institution of science and higher education, is the training of human resources with skills that are suitable for the current and future conditions of the country, dealing with knowledge and the ability to apply it. Currently, the significant unemployment rate of the educated workforce in the country is a proof of the incompatibility of the policies of these two sectors. In Iran, despite the quantitative development of universities and higher education institutions in recent decades, issues related to unemployment and lack of practical skills of young graduates have increased.Compatibility between job needs and quantitative and qualitative development of higher education plays a fundamental role in identifying the competencies needed by students, especially in the agricultural sector. In this research, the need assessment and estimation of academic human resources required in the fields of food processing industries were investigated with a qualitative research approach type. First, the the number of students in the fields of food science and technology during the years 2010-2021 were examined. next, by referring to upstream laws and documents related to the food processing industry and using the ratio density pattern in a qualitative method, data processing and analysis was done and the required expert manpower was estimated. Based on the results, the total number of specialists required in the year 2021 in the fields of food processing industries was determined to 7236 people, which, according to the educational levels, includes 3587 associates 2468 bachelor 1058 masters and 123 doctors
Agricultural education
Mehdi Alikhani Dadoukolaei; Saeedeh Nazari Nooghabi; Zahra Teimuri Koohsar
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the rapeseed consulting engineers’ effectiveness in East of Golestan province from the rapeseed farmers’ viewpoints. The study was a causal-relationship research. The statistical population consisted of farmers who planted ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the rapeseed consulting engineers’ effectiveness in East of Golestan province from the rapeseed farmers’ viewpoints. The study was a causal-relationship research. The statistical population consisted of farmers who planted the rapeseed in their land summing up to 950 people in 2021. The proportional stratified random sampling using the Cochran formula was adopted and 210 were selected as the sample. A quantitative paradigm was used and the content validity of the researcher-made questionnaire was confirmed by agricultural extension and education experts. Its reliability using Cornbrash’s alpha formula, ordinal alpha and Theta ordinal coefficient were α= 0/93, α = 0.91 and θ= 0/90, respectively. In order to analyze the data for both descriptive and inferential statistics, the SPSSWin21 and Smart PLS software were used. The results are presented using causal modeling methods and showed that all the subjects agreed and ranked the engineers’ technical advice and supervision at average and less. Also, based on the structural equation modeling, the greatest impact on the effectiveness of the consulting engineers was attributed to farmers ‘social impact variable with the path coefficient of 0/459 and the social participation with 0/195, educational factors with 0/185 ranked the next. It is worth noting that 72/2 percent of consulting engineers’ effectiveness in Eastern part of Golestan province is explained by the given variables.
Agricultural education
soheil Alinezhad; Hamid Monsef Kasmaei; Ataollah yeganeh kari
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Most of the transformations that lead to economic, social and industrial development in any country are affected by the scientific progress of those societies. Planning for the education and training of skilled and specialized personnel, especially at the university level, should provide and meet the ...
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Most of the transformations that lead to economic, social and industrial development in any country are affected by the scientific progress of those societies. Planning for the education and training of skilled and specialized personnel, especially at the university level, should provide and meet the specialized needs of society and the labor market, while preventing unemployment and wastage of graduates. In this regard, universities and centers of higher agricultural education should be planned and adjusted according to the changes, transformations and challenges in the agricultural sector. Adaptation between job needs and quantitative and qualitative development of higher education plays a fundamental role in identifying the competencies needed by students, especially in the agricultural sector, in order to obtain sustainable jobs. In this article, with the view of a qualitative research of narrative type with analytical method and in terms of document data collection, with a non-experimental model, the performance of higher education in the field of fisheries and aquatics was examined. In determining the amount of manpower required, the ratio density method or standard framing was used. The basis of this estimate is the standardization ratio of the need for university-educated manpower to different sectors of fisheries activities, including aquaculture, fishing and processing. The results showed that in order to meet the needs of the department in the academic year 1403, 417 associate students, 177 bachelor's students, 123 master's students, and 37 PhD students should be accepted in different fields and trends.
Agricultural education
Maryam Babapour Vajari; Ali Shams; Kourosh Fathi Vajargah
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The current study was conducted through an exploratory mixed method with the aim of creating a questionnaire regarding the reasons for choosing the field of agricultural engineering. The statistical population of the qualitative research involved studies related to the choice of majors as well as undergraduate ...
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The current study was conducted through an exploratory mixed method with the aim of creating a questionnaire regarding the reasons for choosing the field of agricultural engineering. The statistical population of the qualitative research involved studies related to the choice of majors as well as undergraduate students of agricultural faculties. 91 studies were selected by the enumeration method and through purposeful snowball sampling 12 students were recruited based on the theoretical saturation index. The qualitative data were extracted through interviews and processed and analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. Out of the given population, 382 people including undergraduate students of the agricultural faculties were also selected using stratified random sampling representing statistical population sample. The quantitative data were driven through the implementation of a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis using SMART PLS3. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated and confirmed by piloting. On the other hand, factor loading and the divergent validity test, and the reliability of the questionnaire was also evaluated and confirmed using Cronbach's alpha test and composite reliability method, respectively. And finally, an 84-item questionnaire was obtained containing six factors related to major (the strongest relationship with the main structure), individual, organizational, economic, and social factors, and family status (the weakest relationship with the main structure). Each factor i.e. major, individual, organizational, economic, social, and family status included 10, 26, 8, 9, 26, and 5 items respectively.
Agricultural education
Samira Farzi; SHAHRAM MOGHADDAS FARIMANI
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship promotion training courses on strengthening the entrepreneurial behavior of rural women. The statistical population of this research consisted of 98 rural women in Tehran province, and random cluster sampling was used ...
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship promotion training courses on strengthening the entrepreneurial behavior of rural women. The statistical population of this research consisted of 98 rural women in Tehran province, and random cluster sampling was used to select the statistical sample, . The sample size was considered equal to 70 people. Among the of Damavand, Varamin and Sole Qan, 4 villages were selected as samples, The data collection tool was a researchermade questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha method with an alpha coefficient of 0.76 and experts' survey. The questionnaire was composed of two parts: individual, social and economic structures and the obstacles and restrictions placed on their way. To analyze the data in this research, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and t-test were used. Based on the obtained results, the components of training courses (instructor, goal, content, teaching method) have a significant effect on strengthening the entrepreneurial behavior ofthem. The average total index calculated for the effectiveness of training courses on strengthening entrepreneurial behavior is 49.29 with a significance level of 0.05 and t=53.19 with a degree of freedom of 69 and with 95% confidence greater than the community average (48) and a critical t value.The total average calculated index of barriers and limitations of entrepreneurship promotion training courses is 64.01 with a significance level of 0.05 and t=77.87 with a degree of freedom of 69 and with 95% confidence is greater than the community average (63) and the critical t value behavior of rural women.
Agricultural education
AliAkbar Ahmadi; Sepideh Mansour; Behrad Dehghani
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One of the basic solutions for developing countries is the strategic planning of information and communication technology to achieve the goals of sustainable agriculture. Increasing regulatory obligations to adapt and execute environmentally friendly operations make it critical for businesses to pursue ...
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One of the basic solutions for developing countries is the strategic planning of information and communication technology to achieve the goals of sustainable agriculture. Increasing regulatory obligations to adapt and execute environmentally friendly operations make it critical for businesses to pursue strategies that can strengthen their competitive edge in the market. Academic and practitioners alike have recently gravitated toward exploring how knowledge acquisition activities might improve business outcomes. This research examines the vital role of acquiring green knowledge in strengthening green knowledge management and the impact of technology in improving greenhouse environmental conditions. The practical purpose of this research is to investigate the role of management of existing knowledge and the effect of technology in growing greenhouse plants. This is an affirmative and causal-communicative research in which the researcher provides the relationship between variables by collecting numerical data and observing samples and then providing these data for numerical analysis.The statistical population consisted of 565 greenhouse owners in Karaj, Safadasht and Mallard areas, and 220 greenhouse owners were selected as a sample by stratified random sampling with proportional assignment and using Cochran's formula.The research tool was a questionnaire that was given to the academic staff of the university and experts of agricultural jihad, and their corrective comments were taken into account, and after their approval, the validity of the content was obtained.To obtain the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used, and a value above 0.8 is acceptable.
Agricultural education
nashmil Afsharzade; nader naderi; zahra korani; Mohammad Hossein Babaei; majidreza khodaverdian; Fereshteh Moradi
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The theory of planned behavior is used to recognize and understand environmental and personal factors affecting behavior, considering that this theory has been widely used to predict behavior, therefore this research aims to investigate the factors affecting The lack of students' inclination to study ...
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The theory of planned behavior is used to recognize and understand environmental and personal factors affecting behavior, considering that this theory has been widely used to predict behavior, therefore this research aims to investigate the factors affecting The lack of students' inclination to study in Kermanshah's vocational colleges was based on Ajzen theory of planned behavior. The statistical population of the research included all the students of the third grade of the first secondary school of Kermanshah province in the academic year of 2020-2021 (14824 persons); From this number and based on the table of Bartlett et al., 370 students were selected as a sample in a two-stage cluster and proportional assignment method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on Ajzen model, the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts and the ordinal Theta coefficient. The results showed that the three constructs of belief in self-efficacy, attitude towards agricultural science, and society's norms explain 40 Percent of the variance of students' intention to choose the agricultural science field, and among these three constructs, Society's norms were recognized as the most effective factor.
Agricultural education
Iraj Malek Mohammadi
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Gaining cognition and awareness from the world is one of the procedures of acquiring knowledge from the essentialism viewpoints applying qualitative research. There are considerable numbers of specific do’s and don’ts (regulations) applying qualitative research paradigm to secure appropriate ...
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Gaining cognition and awareness from the world is one of the procedures of acquiring knowledge from the essentialism viewpoints applying qualitative research. There are considerable numbers of specific do’s and don’ts (regulations) applying qualitative research paradigm to secure appropriate knowledge, awareness and values of cognition. Conducting qualitative research under the stipulation of detection and application of appropriate research method, including grounded theory (GT), with highly valuable findings can provide stable basis for the quantitative research paradigm faze. Ontology, epistemology, methodology and method’s insufficiency or misapplication create invalid and unjustifiable research findings. Insufficiency and inappropriate use of GT as one of the ontological methods grounded this article to acquaint researchers with appropriate application of this method in their research. Inspecting considerable numbers of article in which GT was applied as per literature of this method, along with investigating GT method failures in these article motivated the author to investigate related literature through evolutionary approach and critical hermeneutic analysis detect 10 failures in this theory that none of them has been mentioned in GT literature so far. As the result these 10 issues are: precise identification of experts and subject matter specialists, experts and specialists footing, fitness of the research method and data collection tools, applying experts’ conformity measurement, harmony of coding procedure and GT type, accurate data processing procedure, approaching the usefulness threshold, developing theoretical model, achieving findings generalizability, and finally, producing and/or exploring reliable theory. Editorial appraisal approach of the articles developed applying GT showed that almost all of the coding procedures fit the evolutionary version as; open, axial and selective while all of the authors of the articles index Glaser and Strauss who developed traditional version of GT for coding. Therefore it seems that there is not sufficient awareness of GT application and coding exigencies. Hence, while traditional GT version is referred, coding procedure is not up to date. Therefore, the outcome theories won’t be as reliable as should be where as unfortunately, these articles are being published regardless of their shortcomings.
Agricultural education
