mohammad ghorbani; hosein Rohani; mohammad reza kohansal
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Researchers consider social capital as an important component of economic development and a key factor in sustainable rural development, and consider education as a factor in creating and strengthening it too. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of extension education on farmers' social capital ...
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Researchers consider social capital as an important component of economic development and a key factor in sustainable rural development, and consider education as a factor in creating and strengthening it too. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of extension education on farmers' social capital in Khorasan Razavi using seemingly unrelated regression equations. The research tool was a questionnaire that the calculated coefficients indicate its high reliability. The statistical population of this study includes all farmers in the province. Due to the size and dispersion of villages, we used two-stage cluster sampling and the required sample size estimated at 384 people. The results showed that the four components of social capital have different conditions and also the general variable of social capital with an average of 0.61 is slightly higher than the average and therefore does not have favorable conditions. Quchan has the first rank and Khoshab has the second rank. Statistical analysis of the data showed that among the 11 independent variables, education variables, cooperative member and ownership status did not have a significant effect on social capital, but other independent variables showed a significant positive or negative effect on social capital. The variable of participation in the training course (except for the component of social cohesion) had a positive and significant effect on other components and also on the variable of social capital, which indicates the importance and key role of extension training in improving the social capital of farmers.
Mohammad Sabzeh; Mahmoudreza Cheraghali; Mokhtar Mohajer; Gholamreza Khoshfar
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The purpose of this study was to identify and introduce factors affecting the job performance of promoters responsible for production zones. The research method was survey and the data were collected using questionnaire (Paterson standard, Herzberg standard and researcher made questionnaire). Formal ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify and introduce factors affecting the job performance of promoters responsible for production zones. The research method was survey and the data were collected using questionnaire (Paterson standard, Herzberg standard and researcher made questionnaire). Formal content and face validity methods were used to determine the validity of the measuring instrument, respectively, and sequential theta coefficient (θ = 0.797 - 0.966) was used to determine the reliability. The population of the study was 549 tons of promoters responsible for production zones in Golestan province and the sample size in three regions north, center and south of the province was 344 tons which was determined using Cochran formula. Descriptive results showed that the average job performance of the promoters was 3.89 out of 5 in Golestan province. Analytic results using correlation coefficients showed that variables and factors such as professional technical abilities, formal participation, interpersonal and institutional trust, social capital, motivational and health factors, organizational factors and educational level, with the job performance of responsible promoters. There was a significant relationship between production zones. The results of ordinal regression analysis showed that the importance of factors such as presence of promoters in the area, social interaction, informal participation, facilities and equipment, motivational and health factors, and finally education level are influenced by job performance. It is recommended that agricultural jihad organizations incorporate the aforementioned factors into their future plans to enhance the job performance of the promoters.
