Agricultural education
Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi; Abdolreza Taslimi Machekposhti
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The extension and education of the optimal methods of Damask rose cultivation as a two-sided expertise in the human development of the agricultural sector is carried out in order to meet the information, insight and skill needs of cultivators. In this regard, this study aimed at developing a structural ...
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The extension and education of the optimal methods of Damask rose cultivation as a two-sided expertise in the human development of the agricultural sector is carried out in order to meet the information, insight and skill needs of cultivators. In this regard, this study aimed at developing a structural model for the extension and education of Damask rose cultivation in Sari County in 2021. The statistical population of study includes Damask rose cultivators of Sari County (N=224). According to Cochran formula, 188 Damask rose cultivators were selected as a statistical sample. Data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into three main sections: the individual characteristics of Damask rose cultivators, extension and education of Damask rose cultivation, economic, socio-cultural, environmental, marketing and infrastructure factors with a Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts' opinions. Also, based on the Average Variance Extracted (0.561<AVE<0.642) and Composite Reliability (0.895<CR<0.952), the questionnaire had a convergent validity and appropriate reliability. SPSS16 and Smart PLS software were used to analyze the data. The structural equation modeling showed that, respectively, socio-cultural, environmental, economic and marketing factors had the greatest effect on the extension and education of Damask rose cultivation. These factors explained 85 percent of the extension and education of Damask rose cultivation.
Agricultural education
Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi; Alaleh Iranmanesh
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Proper presentation of information to meet the needs of rice farmers is possible through communication channels and various sources, and improving the process of obtaining information requires investigating the information seeking behavior of rice farmers. Identifying the factors influencing this information ...
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Proper presentation of information to meet the needs of rice farmers is possible through communication channels and various sources, and improving the process of obtaining information requires investigating the information seeking behavior of rice farmers. Identifying the factors influencing this information seeking behavior, such as information needs and extension training, is also very important. In this regard, this study aimed at investigating the impact of information needs and extension training on information seeking behavior of rice farmers in Sari County in 2021. The statistical population of study includes rice farmers of Sari County in Mazandaran Province (N=24502). According to Cochran formula, 273 rice farmers were selected as a statistical sample. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into three main sections: participation in extension training, information needs, and information seeking behavior. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts' opinions. Also, based on the Average Variance Extracted (0.501>AVE<0.617) and Composite Reliability (0.833>CR<0.935), the questionnaire had a convergent validity and appropriate reliability. SPSS16 and Smart PLS2 software were used to analyze the data. The results of structural equation modeling showed that information needs and participation in extension training had a positive and significant impact on information seeking behavior. Information needs and participation in extension training explained about 46 percent of variance of the information seeking behavior.
Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi; Motahreh Sadat Seyed Ashrafi
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Familiarity of soybean producers with sustainable agriculture is one of the effective factors in the stability of their agricultural system. Soybean cultivation sustainability is a system that includes the usefulness of soybean cultivation through reducing soil erosion and improving its fertility, developing ...
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Familiarity of soybean producers with sustainable agriculture is one of the effective factors in the stability of their agricultural system. Soybean cultivation sustainability is a system that includes the usefulness of soybean cultivation through reducing soil erosion and improving its fertility, developing methods for effective use of internal resources of the farm, developing strategies to improve the quality of rural society and using methods with the least impact on environmental destruction. In this regard, this study aimed at investigating the impact of information sources and extension training on soybean cultivation sustainability in Neka County in 2020. The statistical population of study includes soybean farmers of Neka County in Mazandaran Province (N= 940). According to Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table, 275 soybean farmers were selected as a statistical sample. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into three main sections: information sources, participation in extension training and soybean cultivation sustainability with a Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts' opinions. Also, based on the Average Variance Extracted (0.506>AVE< 0.551) and Composite Reliability (0.858>CR<0.909), the questionnaire had a convergent validity and appropriate reliability. SPSS16 and Smart PLS2 software were used to analyze the data. The results of structural equation modeling showed that participation in extension training and information sources had a positive and significant impact on soybean cultivation sustainability. Participating in extension training and information sources explained about 83 percent of variance of the soybean cultivation stability.
Morteza Kheirkhahan; Mehdi Charmchian Langerodi
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Consulting educators must have professional skills and competencies required to do their job properly. The purpose of this research was to investigate factors affecting professional competencies of agricultural engineering consultants in the East Golestan Province. Methodologically, this research is ...
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Consulting educators must have professional skills and competencies required to do their job properly. The purpose of this research was to investigate factors affecting professional competencies of agricultural engineering consultants in the East Golestan Province. Methodologically, this research is a causal-relation and applied study. The statistical population consisted of 180 agricultural consultants. According to the Cochran formula, a sample size of 110 was selected using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, with content validity approved by agricultural extension experts at Sari Islamic Azad University and reliability estimated to be 0.94, using ordinal theta coefficient. Data processing was conducted using SPSSWin16. The analysed results showed that, 33.6% of respondents ranked their professional competencies at intermediate level, while 16.4% considered it at the weak level. The results also indicated that variables management, educational, communication and environmental factors had a significant positive correlation with professional competencies. Based on the ordinal regression findings, two factors namely management and education influenced the probability of estimating the level of professional competence of the consulting educators.
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Entrepreneurial skills are identified as a socity priority because of their impact on people’s economic, personal and social lives. The purpose of this research is to investigate factors affecting on the development of entrepreneurial skills among educators at agricultural technical colleges in ...
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Entrepreneurial skills are identified as a socity priority because of their impact on people’s economic, personal and social lives. The purpose of this research is to investigate factors affecting on the development of entrepreneurial skills among educators at agricultural technical colleges in Sari Township. Methodologically, this research is a casual-relation and applied study. The statistical population comprised 531 agricultural educators at Agricultural Technical Colleges in Sari Township. According to the Cochran formula, a sample size of 230 was selected using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The content validity of which was approved by agricultural extension experts at Islamic Azad University and its reliability was estimated to be 0.90 using ordinal theta coeficint. SPSSWin16 used the process data. The analysed results showed that approximately, 63.5% of respondents ranked their entrepreneurial skills at high level and 13% considered it at intermediate level. Results indicated that the variables; number of in-service course, family size, personality factors, educational factors, management factors and entrepreneurial spirit had a significant positive correlation (P=0.01) with entrepreneurial skills. Also economic factors have a significant positive correlation (P=0.05) with entrepreneurial skills. So, these variables have positive impact on development of educators’ entrepreneurial skills. Based on ordinal regression findings five variables including; number of educational course, family size, personality factors, management factors and entrepreneurial spirit were influencing on the probability of estimating the educators entrepreneurial skills level..
