zahra nazari; mostafa ahmadvand; Peyman Falsafi; Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam
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Planning in the system of agricultural extension for systematic and balanced development in order to achieve food security requires identification, determination and presenting strategies that are compatible with the internal and external environment of the system. Therefore, the purpose of the present ...
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Planning in the system of agricultural extension for systematic and balanced development in order to achieve food security requires identification, determination and presenting strategies that are compatible with the internal and external environment of the system. Therefore, the purpose of the present research was to identify, determine and present strategies to improve the functioning of the extension system to achieve food security. The statistical population of the study consisted of 130 agricultural policy makers and experts of agricultural extension and development the country who were surveyed. Delphi method was used in three rounds. The strategies were identified and refined in three Delphi rounds. Then, using content analysis technique, they were classified into two main categories: macro and local strategies. Macro strategies fall into three structural, infrastructure, and cultural sub-categories, and local strategies into four structural, infrastructure, research, and cultural sub-categories.Finally, Nvivo software was used to present a comprehensive paradigm of performance improvement strategies for achieving food security. The findings of the software showed that training of human resources in extension in the field of food security, paying attention to the tangible and intangible needs of the users, clarifying the functional areas of the promotion system to move towards food security, promoting knowledge and Updating training in line with global food safety standards is one of the most prominent strategies to improve agricultural extension performance to achieve food security.
Peyman Falsafi; Zahra Nazari
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The purpose of this study is finding strategies for development and expansion of education in the national agricultural innovation system, with an emphasis on experiences in Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province. Accordingly, the qualitative method of the empowerment evaluation and SWOT technique was used ...
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The purpose of this study is finding strategies for development and expansion of education in the national agricultural innovation system, with an emphasis on experiences in Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province. Accordingly, the qualitative method of the empowerment evaluation and SWOT technique was used and the quantitative method of QSPM matrix was used to select the strategies. Hence, the research community is included 40 experts from the Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization of the province, which is in close contact with agricultural education activities and is well acquainted with the challenges and opportunities. The required data were collected at the first stage for identification of factors through SWOT analysis protocol. The weights of each of the internal factors were: strengths (2.374), weaknesses (579.2), and external factors, opportunities (2.171) and threats (2.994). These data show the overcoming of weaknesses over strengths and threats to opportunities. The findings of the research showed that the basic view and overall orientation in developing strategies based on opportunities and removing the threats of the external environment in a "out sized" environment is possible. In the second step, the scores of attractiveness were used to determine the overall importance of the strategies. The findings showed that five of the above-average score strategies had to be considered. Establishment and designing in-service training programs and development of short-term skills training for farmers, changing attitudes among policymakers for paying attention and support of education centers, and designing and development of agricultural education justification schemes are the most important strategies.
