Agricultural education
mahnaz amiramini khalafloo; aliakbar khusravibabadi; hamidreza rezazadehbahaderan; Parviz Bayat; Alireza Hasanibafarani
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In order to preserve the environment in rural areas, it is necessary to take advantage of effective awareness-raising and training methods for the villagers. Women are the main force for transformation and a potential source for village development. The purpose of this research is to investigate effective ...
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In order to preserve the environment in rural areas, it is necessary to take advantage of effective awareness-raising and training methods for the villagers. Women are the main force for transformation and a potential source for village development. The purpose of this research is to investigate effective educational components that are used in the development of empowerment of rural women facilitators of watershed projects in education related to the importance and applications of watersheds. The current research is in the category of applied research in terms of purpose and survey type in terms of strategy. The method used in this research was the combined method (quantitative and qualitative) and the data collection tool was completing the questionnaire in 2019.The statistical population of this research was all women rural facilitators located in 11 villages on the edge of the Kotsar watershed project in Tangistan city in Bushehr province, about 50 people. The sampling method in the current research was targeted non-probability census and face-to-face interviews. One-way analysis of variance has been used to compare the status of the existing and desired training programs for rural women on the margins of water catchment projects. The results of the research showed that in the current conditions , the variable of the principle of communication skills (knowledge of effective communication) is the first principle of women's education, From the point of view of rural women, the outcome they expect from education is to create jobs and employment for women in the watershed implementation area.
Agricultural education
Hedayatollah Rahimi; mahnaz amiramini khalafloo; Marzieh bordbar
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This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of using Samyt e-learning platform on improving the performance of CEOs of rural cooperative companies in Fars province. The integrated management system of Fars Cooperatives (Samyt) was produced and implemented in 2019, among the goals ...
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This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of using Samyt e-learning platform on improving the performance of CEOs of rural cooperative companies in Fars province. The integrated management system of Fars Cooperatives (Samyt) was produced and implemented in 2019, among the goals and roles of this system is the management and integration of current information and data at the network level, management and monitoring of the information of network members and personnel, holding the process of meetings electronically. Making the training process, forming and creating an electronic file for people active in the network, holding online meetings of the organization and subsidiary centers, holding online tests for participants in training courses and CEO candidates, educational needs assessment from the network are covered. This research benefited a little from our point of view and is practical in terms of purpose and survey in terms of data collection method. Statistical population consisting of managing directors of rural cooperative companies numbering 360 people, of which 142 people were studied by simple random sampling using Cochran's formula. The data collection tool was a Userlan questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire, the reliability of which was calculated using the ordinal theta coefficient (Ɵ=0.75-0.91) and composite reliability (CR=0.74-0.91), and the validity Its form was estimated by using the opinions of academic experts and its content validity based on the construct validity index (AVE=0.5-0.68).
mahnaz amiramini khalafloo; aliakbar khusravibabadi; hamidreza rezazadehbahaderan; Parviz Bayat; Alireza hasanibaferani
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Education is one of the tools to increase the empowerment of women facilitators. For this reason, this study was conducted to investigate the educational factors affecting the empowerment of rural women facilitators in Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. This research is field in terms of data collection ...
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Education is one of the tools to increase the empowerment of women facilitators. For this reason, this study was conducted to investigate the educational factors affecting the empowerment of rural women facilitators in Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. This research is field in terms of data collection and analysis and is causal in terms of possibility and ability to control variables. The period of this research was 2019 and the place of its implementation was Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces. The statistical population of the study is 850 rural women facilitators living in the two provinces (N = 850) and the sample size was 285 (n = 285) according to the Krejcie-Morgan table. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that they are underlying factors as one of the important contexts in increasing the empowerment of women facilitators such as officials' belief in the scientific abilities of rural women facilitators, positive attitude towards education and empowerment of rural women. According to the needs assessment and climatology of the target area of women facilitators and the existence of efficient educational organizations of rural facilitators and the causal situation and background conditions of education can explain up to 43% of the variability of capabilities of women facilitators of agricultural extension. In the meantime, the components of training methods and the background conditions of education have the most positive impact on promoting the empowerment of rural women facilitators.
Parviz Bayat; Nozar Monfared; Hassan Alipour; Mahmoud Izadi; Mahnaz Amiramini khalaflo
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Precision agriculture is one of the new aspects of sustainable agriculture. In this type of agriculture, the management of crop production inputs such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, seeds, etc. is implemented based on the spatial characteristics of the farm with the aim of reducing ...
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Precision agriculture is one of the new aspects of sustainable agriculture. In this type of agriculture, the management of crop production inputs such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, seeds, etc. is implemented based on the spatial characteristics of the farm with the aim of reducing waste, increasing income and maintaining environmental quality. On the other hand, when pesticides are used within the framework of the pest management program and taking into account the ecological and environmental aspects, they are considered as a reliable and valuable tool. The general purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors affecting the attitude and behavioral tendencies of the experts of Bushehr Agricultural Jihad Organization towards the application of pesticide application technology (spraying variable). Cross-sectional survey research method and multi-stage random sampling method were used to collect information from 110 experts in Bushehr province. The results indicate that the behavioral tendency variable is affected by the variables of attitude about the benefits of variable spraying technologies and behavioral attitude. Also, the variables of perception of usefulness and individual modernity affect the variable of behavioral attitude. This research was completed by adding external variables to the technology acceptance model. Findings show the importance of individual modernity in shaping the attitude and behavioral tendencies of experts and this should be considered in planning for the adoption of these technologies.
nozar monfared; Mahsa Fatemi; Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam; SHAHRAM MOGHADDAS FARIMANI; Parviz Bayat; mahnaz amiramini khalafloo
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farming is a kind of sustainable agriculture aimed to provide integrated, systematic and human agricultural production system without any conflicts with economic and environmental benefits. Therefore, it is effective to implement educational classes and workshops in related with different techniques ...
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farming is a kind of sustainable agriculture aimed to provide integrated, systematic and human agricultural production system without any conflicts with economic and environmental benefits. Therefore, it is effective to implement educational classes and workshops in related with different techniques of organic farming in order to facilate the adoption process of this innovative method in agriculture. Need assessment is the first step of each program. So, the main objective of this research is assessing of the educational need of bushehr province farmers for adopting and developing organic farming. The statistical population of this research consists of three groups including farmers (24345 individuals), agricultural experts and managers of Jihad agriculture organization of Bushehr province (350 individuals) as well as the lecturers and faculties of agriculture college and research and education center for agricultural and natural resources of bushehr province (120 individuals). Based on statistical population and referring to Morgan table, 200 farmers, 90 agricultural experts and executive managers and 30 faulties were selected, randomly. Quantitative phase of the research was accomplished based on survey using questionnaires and the qualitative phase was conducted based on designing focus groups and content analysis. The face validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by a panel of agricultural specialists as well as conduction a pilot study, respectively. According to the findings of qualitative phase, 32 educational needs were extracted and ranked regarding organic farming. “Subjects importance”, “farmers’ Knowledge about the subjects” and “application of the subjects by farmers” were assessed in quantitative phase.
mahnaz amiramini khalafloo; nozar monfared; Parviz Bayat; hassan alipour
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One of the essential needs of human nutrition is animal protein supply. In recent years, poultry meat as a valuable source of protein in human nutrition is used in Iran and the world. Triple diseases Newcastle, Flu and Bronchitis have long been the main causes of poultry mortality in most countries. ...
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One of the essential needs of human nutrition is animal protein supply. In recent years, poultry meat as a valuable source of protein in human nutrition is used in Iran and the world. Triple diseases Newcastle, Flu and Bronchitis have long been the main causes of poultry mortality in most countries. Therefore, recognizing farmers, knowledge and managerial practices about triple poultry diseases helps development actors’ effort to improve production and increase efficiency in this sector. Promoting poultry farmers, knowledge and management practices are the basic ways to achieve the goals in development of poultry industry. This study was conducted to investigate factors influencing knowledge, awareness and management practices of poultry farmers in Bushehr province about poultry diseases. The statistical population was 220 poultry farmers in Bushehr province. Based on Cochran sampling formula , 140 samples were selected. Data collection tool was a questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability by Ordinal theta coefficient (theta=.078 -0.90). Results showed that knowledge of persons who are more educated and have access to more information significantly more. Knowledge of the disease, triple, social norms and access to information are variables affecting poultry farmers’ management practices.
Mahdi Shojaei-Miandoragh; Masoud Bijani; Mahnaz Amir Amini Khalafloo
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One of the most important aspects of overseas agriculture is the admitation of foreign students in the agricultural higher education system. Today, the developed countries with the production and development of science in the field of agriculture, attract students from other countries and share their ...
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One of the most important aspects of overseas agriculture is the admitation of foreign students in the agricultural higher education system. Today, the developed countries with the production and development of science in the field of agriculture, attract students from other countries and share their knowledge and experience. Accordingly, given the recent advances in various fields of science and technology in Iran, this issue is now considered an overseas agricultural issue as a necessity, which, of course, has strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats which should be considered by them, began to attract foreign students. The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges to attract foreign students in Iran's agricultural higher education system and presenting the necessary strategies in this regard. This applied descriptive research in terms of research methodology paradigm is a qualitative inquiry, was conducted using a classic Delphi technique in three stages. The research sample whose were chosen by purposive sampling method are faculty members and Ph.D. students with agriculture majors in Iran (n=18). In this way, the most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats were known as perceived by respondents and all four rates averages were calculated with SWOT matrix. The results revealed that the resulting point of the SWOT analysis was located in the area of WO (conservative strategy, based on this, the most imprtant strategies were obtained including providing constructive interaction between Iranian colleges of agriculture and other countries, long-term policy making for overseas agriculture, and developing social adaptation for admitting foreign students.
mahnaz amiramini khalafloo; Parviz Bayat
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Since the mission of each information system is to accelerate the use of information by users, hence, knowing users, their needs, and the ways in which they use information is essential and the provision of information resources, regardless of the information needs of learners, will result in the loss ...
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Since the mission of each information system is to accelerate the use of information by users, hence, knowing users, their needs, and the ways in which they use information is essential and the provision of information resources, regardless of the information needs of learners, will result in the loss of human resources, budget and other facilities. Therefore, the research was conducted to investigate the information needs and information seeking behavior of students of Applied Scientific Training Center of Jihad-e-Agriculture in Bushehr province. The research method was survey and using a questionnaire. In this study, content validity method was used for validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for measuring reliability. The statistical population of this study included students of that center during the first semester of academic year 2014-15 (N = 314). After removal of incomplete questionnaires, 282 items of the questionnaire were used for final analysis. The research findings showed that students' motivation was the most to seek information, prepare reports and study research. The most important source of information was the need for specialized literature introduced by the professors. Most students use the Internet between 3 and 6 hours a week, which is the most widely used e-mail, search engine such as Google and specialized databases for learning. The most important barriers to accessing the community are English language abilities, lack of resources in the library and a large amount of information retrieved.
