Agricultural education
َAli Asadollahpour Kotenai; Majidreza Khodaverdian
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the implementation barriers of model sites in the production of healthy products. The research was quantitative, applied and non-experimental. The population was farmers active in the main production sites of healthy products in the three years ending in 1403. ...
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the implementation barriers of model sites in the production of healthy products. The research was quantitative, applied and non-experimental. The population was farmers active in the main production sites of healthy products in the three years ending in 1403. A two stage sampling method was used. The sample size was determined based on Cochran's formula (n=115). Stratified random sampling method with proportional assignment was used. The main data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire was obtained. As a result, the ordinal theta value for the researchvariables was 0.86 (ϴ=0.86). SPSS26 and Lisrel7.8 software were used for data analysis. Based on the results of this study, 26 variables were identified as implementation barriers. The variables of low awareness of farmers about the effectiveness of model sites in producing healthy crops and farmers' tendency to use fertilizers indiscriminately were of the highest and lowest importance, respectively. Using the statistical method of exploratory factor analysis, these variables were summarized into three factors: educational and attitudinal, managerial and executive, and policy-making and support. In total, the contribution of these three factors explained about 74.6 percent of the total variance of the implementation barriers of these sites. Finally, using confirmatory factor analysis, the validity and robustness of the factor structure of the observed variables were tested and confirmed.
Agricultural education
َAli Asadollahpour Kotenai; majidreza khodaverdian
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to evaluate of extension comprehensive production model sites in the production of healthy products. The research was quantitative, applied and non-experimental. The population was farmers active in the main production sites of healthy products in the three years ending ...
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate of extension comprehensive production model sites in the production of healthy products. The research was quantitative, applied and non-experimental. The population was farmers active in the main production sites of healthy products in the three years ending in 1401. A twos tage sampling method was used. The sample size was determined based on Cochran's formula (n=115). S tratified random sampling method with proportional assignment was used. The main tool for data collection was a researcher-made ques tionnaire that was developed based on the CIPP model of S taffel Beam and Goba. The validity and reliability of the ques tionnaire was obtained. As a result, the ordinal theta value for the research variables was 0.86 (ϴ=0.86). SPSS26 software were used for data analysis. The results showed that mos t of the respondents evaluated the success rate of model sites in producing healthy products as good. Among the variables of the CIPP model, the success rate of the contextual variable was higher and ranked firs t, and the input, process, and product variables were ranked next. The results of the correlation tes t of independent variables showed that; People's work experience, level of education and the number of training courses completed by people had a positive and significant relationship with the variables of the CIPP model.
َAli Asadollahpour Kotenai; Hassan Alipour; Fatemeh Farhadi
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the status of the New System of Agricultural Extension (NSAE) and the role of components in the challenges ahead. The research method was quantitative and Causal-comparative. The sample size based on Cochran's formula for extension's workers was 157 people with ...
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The purpose of this study was to analyze the status of the New System of Agricultural Extension (NSAE) and the role of components in the challenges ahead. The research method was quantitative and Causal-comparative. The sample size based on Cochran's formula for extension's workers was 157 people with Including 60 people of managers in selected cities the total sample size was 217. Stratified random sampling method with proportional assignment was used. The main tool for data collection was a questionnaire.The value of ordinal theta for research variables was 0.88 . The SPSS22 and Lisrel8.7 software were used for data analysis. The highest and lowest success rates were related to extension activities and repair and equipping of agricultural jihad centers, respectively. By using of Factor Analysis the challenges of NSAE were divided into six categories, which include: education and research, development and support, planning and policy-making, communication, organization and management. In total, these six factors explained about 73.2% of the total variance of the challenges of NSAE. In order to test the accuracy of the factor structure of the observed variables; Confirmatory factor analysis was used and the indices of χ2/df and RMSEA were equal to 2.49 and 0.043 respectively which confirmed the good fit of the model. Path analysis method was used to test the causal model of the impact of the components in creating the challenges. As a result, about 94% of the variance of the challenges variable was explained by the variables of the component of AENA.
َAli Asadollahpour Kotenai; Seyyed Abdollah Khavari
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The Social capital is informal social relations that lead to the development of cooperation among human resources and improves the performance of individuals, groups and institutions with the labor market and production and civil society.The purpose of this study was to present a model of social capital ...
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The Social capital is informal social relations that lead to the development of cooperation among human resources and improves the performance of individuals, groups and institutions with the labor market and production and civil society.The purpose of this study was to present a model of social capital improvement in agricultural skills training centers.The research methodology was qualitative and the Grounded Theory and purposive sampling method was used. The statistical population included members of the faculty of different departments of agricultural colleges in Mazandaran province that had educational and research experiences in the field of skills training as well as social capital and had a cooperative background especially with the Jihad of Agriculture and training and research centers. The data collection process continued until the theoretical saturation and useful threshold were reached. Accordingly, 22 faculty members were interviewed as a sample. Max QDA10 Software and the Struss and Corbin coding strategy (open coding, axial and selective coding) were used for data analyzing. CVR (Content Validity Ratio) and CVI (Content Validity Index) were used to determining the degree of agreement and validity of each index from the experts' point of view. The results showed that the calculated value for both was 0.8 Based on the research findings, a model was designed that included causal, contextual, interventioner, phenomenon, strategies and outcomes. To validate of the model, a questionnaire based on the 9 scale was designed and provided to the experts participating in the research process. As a result, the proposed model was desirable.
