fatemeh rahimi
saeed karimi
Abstract
Entrepreneurship education is a fast growing area and a hot topic in colleges and universities all around the world, and its supposed benefits have been much praised by researchers and educators; nevertheless, the outcomes and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education programs have remained largely ...
Read More
Entrepreneurship education is a fast growing area and a hot topic in colleges and universities all around the world, and its supposed benefits have been much praised by researchers and educators; nevertheless, the outcomes and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education programs have remained largely untested. Building on the theory of planned behavior, an ex-ante and ex-post survey was used to assess the impact of entrepreneurship education programs on students’ entrepreneurial intentions and also to explore the benefits of these programs. Data were collected by a questionnaire from a sample of 109 participants in entrepreneurship courses at four universities (Bu-Ali Sina, Kordestan, Shahrekord, Ilam). Entrepreneurship education had significant positive impacts on motivational factors (i.e., subjective norms, attitudes and perceived behavioral control) and students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, from the three entrepreneurship education-related benefits (i.e., learning, inspiration and resources) learning proved to be associated with the increase in perceived behavioral control, entrepreneurial attitudes intentions. In total, this study shows the theory of planned behavior can provide a useful framework to assess the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education.
abdurrahim Gheyassi
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between self-esteem, problem solving styles and self-efficacy beliefs among agricultural and natural resource students, of the University of Zabol. The statistical population consisted of 3000 agricultural and natural resources students in ...
Read More
The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between self-esteem, problem solving styles and self-efficacy beliefs among agricultural and natural resource students, of the University of Zabol. The statistical population consisted of 3000 agricultural and natural resources students in 2013-2014 academic year from that, 210 students were randomly selected. Data were gathered through the application of an instrument was given to the academic staff of the department of Agricultural Extension and Education, University of Zabol to test its content validity. Ordinal theta was calculated to measure reliability of items of instrument (θ = 0.76 - 0.89). Results showed that there were a significant relationship between problem solving styles, self- esteem and self-efficacy beliefs. Ordinal Regression analysis indicated that self-esteem and some problem solving styles were significantly correlated with self-efficacy beliefs. Also, the ordinal regression analysis showed that self-esteem and problem solving styles were explained 57.2% of variance of students' self–efficacy beliefs
Abstract
The purpose of this cause- correlational study was to investigate effective factors on the educational needs of friute growers. The statistical population consists all 1575 fruit growers in Shazand Township as one of the poles of garden production in Markazi province in 1395, which 150 of them were selected ...
Read More
The purpose of this cause- correlational study was to investigate effective factors on the educational needs of friute growers. The statistical population consists all 1575 fruit growers in Shazand Township as one of the poles of garden production in Markazi province in 1395, which 150 of them were selected based on Cochran sampling formula and applying randomized stratified sampling method. The research tool had several sections which its validity was confirmed by a panel of related experts. A pilot study was conducted and calculated ordinal coefficient thetas were at the appropriate level (θ= 0.9). Data were analyzed with Spsswin21 by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that educational needs of 86.7 percent of fruit growers were high and correct time for chemical control of pests and diseases, identification of suitable pesticides to control and combat pests and diseases and diagnosis of types of harmful and unharmful pests and insects to the garden were ranked first to third respectively in terms of their needs. There was a negative significant correlation between education level, number of participated classes, number of trees, social trust, social participation, social status, using extent of information resources, using extent of media with educational needs of fruit growers but the correlation for two variables of age and family size were positive. Ordinal regression analysis showed that three variables named as education level, using extent of information resources, using extent of media affect on the level of probability of the training needs of fruit growers.
Mohammad sadegh sabouri
Abstract
The main objective of the present research was to study the requirements of Training application of precision agriculture from Ilam province Agriculture Jihad Organization researchers’ perspective. The statistical Population of the Current research have formed 136 people of Agricultural Researchers ...
Read More
The main objective of the present research was to study the requirements of Training application of precision agriculture from Ilam province Agriculture Jihad Organization researchers’ perspective. The statistical Population of the Current research have formed 136 people of Agricultural Researchers of Agriculture Jihad Organization of Ilam Province and Researcher at agriculture research, natural resources and veterinary affairs centers of Ilam province who all of them were selected. The main tool for collecting data has been the researcher made questionnaire, whose superficial and content reliability was confirmed by the expert groups of Agricultural Extension and education, agricultural management and agronomy of Islamic Azad University, Ilam branch. The Reliability of the research tool was also determined through calculation of ordinal’s Theta with helping R Statistical Software (Ɵ =0.87). The relationship between variables using the Spearman correlation coefficient showed that there were positive significant relationship between economic and policies requirements with training requirements at the level of 99%, and educational, Social, management and cultural requirements with training requirements using precision agriculture at the level of 95%. According to the results of the ordinal regression, educational, Management, economic and technical requirements have been effective in training requirements using precision agriculture. The results of the explatory factor analysis of research indicated that with an eigenvalue of 16.54, the first factor (training requirements) has explained 28.039% of the total variance alone. Generally, 7 training factors of management, economic, technical, policy making, social and cultural have been able to explain in total 72.78% of total variance
Taher Azizi-Khalkheili
Abstract
In order to rural development and farmers’ wellbeing, Jihad Agricultural Centers play an important role in educating and increasing farmers’ knowledge and information. This study was conducted to investigate farmers’ motivation for attending in educational programs of Jihad Agricultural ...
Read More
In order to rural development and farmers’ wellbeing, Jihad Agricultural Centers play an important role in educating and increasing farmers’ knowledge and information. This study was conducted to investigate farmers’ motivation for attending in educational programs of Jihad Agricultural Centers. Farmers of Mazandaran province included research population (N= 336532), using Kerejcie & Morgan Sampling Table 384 person were determined as sample size and to increase confidence they were raised to 414 farmers that were selected by multistage random sampling. This study is a semi-experimental research and the survey technique was used to gather data. Research instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed with experts and university professors. The Ordinal Theta coefficients (θ = 0.756 - 0.898) revealed the suitable reliability of measuring instrument. Investigation of farmers’ motivation in four components showed that idealistic and physiological motivations had a higher average than the pleasure and recognition motivations. Using cluster analysis farmers divided to 3 homogeneous groups and analysis of variance test showed these groups significantly differ in variables that used for clustering. Ordinal regression in these clusters revealed that recognizing the problems of attendance, attitude toward personnel of Jihad Agricultural Centers, , visiting the Jihad Agricultural Centers, taking responsibility in the village, and the number of household members had main role in predicting farmers’ motivation, also 15.2 to 83.5 percent of variation in dependent variable were predicted by these variables.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the causality relationship between agricultural educated labor and total factor productivity growth in Iran’s Agricultural Sector. The statistic of population was the educated labors in Iran’s Agricultural Sector during the period of 1981-2013. Using ...
Read More
The aim of this study was to investigate the causality relationship between agricultural educated labor and total factor productivity growth in Iran’s Agricultural Sector. The statistic of population was the educated labors in Iran’s Agricultural Sector during the period of 1981-2013. Using Johansen-Juselius co-integration test, the relationship between educated labor and total factor productivity growth in Iran’s agricultural sector was examined. Also, to examine causal relationship between educated labor and total factor productivity growth, Granger Causality test was applied. The results of Johansen-Juselius co-integration test showed that there is a positive long run co-integration relationship between the mentioned variables. Also, based on the Granger Causality test was confirmed relationship between educated labor and total factor productivity growth in the Iranʼs Agricultural Sector. Vector error correction model results indicated significant effect of educated labor on total factor productivity growth in short run. So, educated labor, by increasing productivity growth, leads to increasing production and development of the Agricultural Sector. Therefore, policy and planning in the field of education and labor guidance and transfering their information and knowledge to farmers is recommended.
elham Ahmadifard; esmail karamidehkordi
Abstract
Information sources are important sources for any enterprise and access. Proper, updated and accurate information in managing an enterprise help it improve its performance in products' value chain. The purpose of this study was to understand sources and methods of providing required information of rural ...
Read More
Information sources are important sources for any enterprise and access. Proper, updated and accurate information in managing an enterprise help it improve its performance in products' value chain. The purpose of this study was to understand sources and methods of providing required information of rural silk carpet weavers. Using a case study methodology, data were collected through focus groups, semi-structured interviews, participatory diagramming, document analysis and observations. The study was conducted with silk carpet weavers of 90 rural households from 23 villages in the Zanjan Township and market actors from the cities of Zanjan, Qom and Kashan. In entrepreneurial carpet production system, carpet weavers required information for knowing appropriate entrepreneurs, increased carpet quality and providing carpet after weaving in two stages of before production and in the process of production. Entrepreneurs and family members were main information sources of carpet weavers for knowing an appropriate entrepreneur. Moreover, actors such as rural health homes, Commerce Administration, and the Rural Hand Weaving Carpet Union were the most important information sources of the weavers. At the stage of production, entrepreneurs provided required updated information of the weavers for increasing silk carpet quality. On the other hand, in the carpet self-producing system, local actors and market actors acted as main information sources of the weavers before and during production, while public and semi-public sources, which provide information during production, were not considered as important sources. This shows information sources and their providing methods depend on hand weaving carpet production system.
masoud yazdanpanah; fatemeh rahimi
Abstract
One of agriculture extension goals is informal training of farmers to improve agricultural practices,meeting their needs and empower them through extension training classes. Indeed, these classes havean important role to achieve extension goals. Thus, this survey was designed to investigate factors affectingAleshtar ...
Read More
One of agriculture extension goals is informal training of farmers to improve agricultural practices,meeting their needs and empower them through extension training classes. Indeed, these classes havean important role to achieve extension goals. Thus, this survey was designed to investigate factors affectingAleshtar farmers satisfaction and loyalty towards extension training classes through survey inKhozestan. The statistical population comsisted of all Aleshtar farmers (N= 650) who participated inextension training classes and simple random quota sampling through Krejcie and Morgan samplingtable resulted to select 240 farmers. Data collection in this study was conducted using researcher-madequestionnaire. After preparing the questionnaire and confirming its validity by experts, its reliabilitywas confirmed through a pilot study by calculating theta reliability (θ= %78- %95). Structural equationmodeling was used to determine factors influencing farmers satisfaction through AMOS20. The resultsrevealed that, perceived quality service variable had the highest direct impact on participants' satisfactionand satisfaction in tern had the highest direct impact on participants' loyalty toward extensiontraining classes. Another way, variables of farmers expect of extension training classes and farmers andeducators’ emotions toward extension classes had the highest indirect effect on individuals satisfactionand loyalty. In addition, the sums of the direct and indirect impacts of farmers’ and educators’ emotionstoward extension training classes had the highest impact on farmers’ satisfaction of extension trainingclasses and satisfaction had the highest impact on loyalty toward extension training classes
yaser mohammadi; feizullah Monavvarifard; laleh salehi; reza movahedi
Abstract
Universities have a moral responsibility for increasing social awareness, knowledge, skills, and values to creating a sustainable future. However, integration sustainable development issues in higher education structure remains in its early stages and faces many challenges. Therefore, identify factors ...
Read More
Universities have a moral responsibility for increasing social awareness, knowledge, skills, and values to creating a sustainable future. However, integration sustainable development issues in higher education structure remains in its early stages and faces many challenges. Therefore, identify factors that affecting on outspread of sustainable higher education are an undeniable fact to achieve to sustainable higher education and overcoming challenges facing the university to achieve sustainability. From 1810 individual of statistical population, 189 students were selected as sample using stratified random sampling (based on gender and degree). A researcher-made questionnaire was the main tool for collecting research data which experts confirmed its validity, and its reliability confirmed by calculating the ordinal theta (θ = 0.83 – 0.91). Data were analyzed using SPSSWin20 and R software. The findings of exploratory factor analysis revealed that seven factors include commitment to sustainability, knowledge, education for sustainability, cooperation and participation, attitude towards sustainability, support from top-managers of university and infrastructures, and organizational culture affecting on university’s activities to achieve to sustainable higher education. Results of ordinal regression indicated that the identified factors are good predictor for outspread of sustainable higher education and in total explained about 52.1% of variances of Sustainable higher education.
jamshid eghbali; ali asadi; maryam roustaee
Abstract
Interaction between Supervisor and student have a huge impact on the quality of thesis and student’s satisfaction; therefore, it is necessary to consider the appropriate criteria for selecting a supervisor. The aim of this study was to investigate the influenced Factors on selection of supervisors ...
Read More
Interaction between Supervisor and student have a huge impact on the quality of thesis and student’s satisfaction; therefore, it is necessary to consider the appropriate criteria for selecting a supervisor. The aim of this study was to investigate the influenced Factors on selection of supervisors by high education students. Research method in this study was grounded theory and systematically interviewing and observation were techniques that were used to collect data. The statistical population includes all students and graduates of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran in 2016. 7 master, 20 PhD students and graduates were selected as sample. Sampling method was quota and sample selection was confirmatory. NVivo10 software was used for data analysis. Interviews and Notes were studied to achieve the grounded theory according to Strauss and Corbin paradigmatic model (1999) and coded in three steps. The results showed that personal characteristics and behavior of supervisors, access and accountability verbal and non-verbal, Professor influence and power in organizations, up to date and Specialized knowledge and skills required. Reputation Master, Advise and offer students and teachers an important factor in the selection of supervisors by students.
AZADEH NOOROLLAH NOORIVANDI
Abstract
The purpose of this research was analyzing the role of educational programs in use of environmental pollutants in vegetable cultivation in Shoushtar township of Khuzestan province. This research is quantitative in nature and based on purpose was applied research. The method used in this research was ...
Read More
The purpose of this research was analyzing the role of educational programs in use of environmental pollutants in vegetable cultivation in Shoushtar township of Khuzestan province. This research is quantitative in nature and based on purpose was applied research. The method used in this research was survey of correlative descriptive type. The population consisted of vegetable farmers in the Shoushtar township (N=850). The sample size was determined based on Morgan table (n=150). In order to determine the validity of questionnaire was used panel of experts. Also, to determine the reliability the Ө=0.8 was used. Based on the results, the use of pesticides in the region it is common to use such Dichlorvos (mean= 2.9 liters per hectare), Sevin (mean=3.45 kg per ha), Diazinon (mean=2.3 liters per hectare), Asetamipride (mean=1 kg per hectare) was high. Also, Phosphate and Nitrate fertilizers consumption level was very high. People who participated in extension classes, extensions exhibitions, multi-day training courses, scientific seminars and demonstration fields, they had a significant difference in the level of use of chemical pollutants at 1% level with those who did not participate. Based on the results of the factor analysis the most important factors affecting the use of excessive pollutants consists of four factors: low levels of cognitive domain and lack of training of quantitative and qualitative aspects, lack of government support for the use of alternative methods, lack of legal and administrative barriers and marketability and lack of assessment of product produced.
Mona Babaee; Hamid Movahed Mohammadi; Amir Alambegi; Ahmad Rezvanfar
Abstract
In recent years, a number of biodiversity in Iran have become extinct and many of them are on the verge of extinction, while biodiversity plays an important role in environmental life and health. This includes a large number of cultivated and horticultural species. Universities can play an important ...
Read More
In recent years, a number of biodiversity in Iran have become extinct and many of them are on the verge of extinction, while biodiversity plays an important role in environmental life and health. This includes a large number of cultivated and horticultural species. Universities can play an important role in preserving and improving biodiversity. On this basis, Higher education institutions around the world have begun to change their missions, goals, and perspectives to address and integrate the challenges of biodiversity conservation. Creating such an educational structure will not simply happen and will require research, re-thinking and revising the components of the university. The human component of the system of higher education in agriculture and natural resources is one of the pillars of the system that plays a central role in advancing the system's objectives in a dynamic and harmonious connection with other components. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the components of faculty members' professional competencies for biodiversity education. This study was conducted with qualitative approach and inductive content analysis method. Required data were collected by semi-structured interviews with 24 experts in the field of environmental education and biodiversity selected by snowball sampling. He began the inductive content analysis by identifying the meaningful aspects and then labeling them in the form of qualitative identities and continued by categorizing the identities and linking them to categories. This process was implemented with the help of MAXQDA software. To validate qualitative findings, participant review and expert review strategies have been used. The findings showed that faculty members' professional competencies for biodiversity education included skills competencies, knowledge competencies, value competencies, and ethical competencies that each had indicators
Zahra Hooshmandan; Esmaeel Akhbar
Abstract
Attitude of people toward environment play an important role in shaping of their favorablebehaviors. To direct people's attitudes, study of influencing factors is important. The purpose ofthis cause- correlational study was to investigate the effective factors on attitude of studentstoward environment. ...
Read More
Attitude of people toward environment play an important role in shaping of their favorablebehaviors. To direct people's attitudes, study of influencing factors is important. The purpose ofthis cause- correlational study was to investigate the effective factors on attitude of studentstoward environment. The research tool had three sections which its validity was confirmed by apanel of related experts. A pilot study was conducted and calculated alpha cronbach was higherthan 0. 8 for different sections. The statistical population consists all 187 agricultural highschool students in Zanjan Province which 135 of them were selected based on Krejcie andMorgan sampling table and applying randomized stratified sampling method. Data wereanalyzed by SPSS20 and using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed thatmajority of students (65. 9 percent) had neutral attitude toward environment and 84. 4 percenthad moderate to high level of knowledge regarding environment. Ordinal regression analysisshowed that three variables named as environmental knowledge, reading magazine onenvironment and father's educational level affect on the level of probability of the students’attitude toward environment
parisa.javidaneh javidaneh; bijan rezaee; habib jafari; Hoda Najafpour
Abstract
University is fertile graond for innovation base knowledge and entrepreneurship development due to its human capital in the form of students and faculty members. Entrepreneurship lecturers are most effective factors to the desired success in achieve entrepreneurship educational goals. This study was ...
Read More
University is fertile graond for innovation base knowledge and entrepreneurship development due to its human capital in the form of students and faculty members. Entrepreneurship lecturers are most effective factors to the desired success in achieve entrepreneurship educational goals. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of effective lecturers on entrepreneurial motivation from the perspective of agricultural students. Statistical population was 163 Agricultural Extension and Education students (who had passed entrepreneurship course prior to this stady at Razi University). Sample size was determined 113 students using Morgan table who were selected through simple random sampling technique. as Validity of the questionnaire sustained by panel of experts at the Agricultural Extension and Education, and ordinal Theta coefficient (θ=0.95) was calculated using R software to department the questionnaire reliability. Descriptive statistics and ordinal regression was used to process data. Results showed that personality traits have positive significant impact on entrepreneurship (p< 0.05). Also results of ordinal regression showed that the criterion variables could predict 61% of the probability of variability the entrepreneurial motivation variable
parvin Hajiagha; Sara Jalilian
Abstract
One of the most important educational roles of the agricultural Extension Agents is problem solving, which requires the development of individual creativity. Based on the theory of social exchange and the expectation – confirmation Theory, organizational exchanges foster individual creativity, ...
Read More
One of the most important educational roles of the agricultural Extension Agents is problem solving, which requires the development of individual creativity. Based on the theory of social exchange and the expectation – confirmation Theory, organizational exchanges foster individual creativity, and confirmation of this will be related to personal judgments. Hence this study aimed to investigate the effect of organizational creativity in the development of individual creativity extension experts of the social network tie was attended by the mediator. The statistical population of this research is the experts of agricultural extension of Isfahan province is 170 people. The data gathering tool was a standard questionnaire with Likert's five-choice range. Composite reliability and Ordinal Theta Measures showed satisfied reliability. Collected data was analyzed by structural equation modeling with partial least squares method (PLS-SEM). The findings of this study showed that social network tie by mediating role can better explain the effect of organizational creativity on individual creativity. Also, the most important finding of research has shown that creativity is a syndicate phenomenon that forms through the establishment of a social network tie in the organization. Finally, the results of the research showed that the mediation role of the social network tie variable is visible in the process of transforming organizational and individual creativity
Amir Ahmadpour; fatemeh salili; mohamad reza shahraki
Abstract
Given the policies adopted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to make the universities and students entrepreneurs, innovative behavior in students can help the development of academic environment and, at the same time, it can be effective in motivating entrepreneurship amongst the students ...
Read More
Given the policies adopted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to make the universities and students entrepreneurs, innovative behavior in students can help the development of academic environment and, at the same time, it can be effective in motivating entrepreneurship amongst the students and lay the ground for their employment. In this respect, various factors can influence students’ innovative behavior. This study aims to explore the factors underpinning students’ innovative behavior in the Faculty of Agriculture in Sari, Iran. The statistical population was composed of 433 students, out of which 206 students were selected through simple randomization on the basis of Krejcie and Morgan table. Data were collected with a self-designed questionnaire whose face and content validity was confirmed by a panel of experts. Also, the average derived variance (0.830 < AVE < 0.923) and combined reliability (0.500 < CR < 0.620) showed that the research measurement model had convergent reliability and appropriate validity. Also, the research research structual model was found to have diagnostic validity since the average derived variance was greater than the average shared squared variance and maximum shared squared variance. Data were analyzed by multivariate method of structural equations modeling using partial least squares method with the Smart PLS software package. The results revealed that out of nine studied factors, four factors including organizational culture (β = 0.296 and ρ = 0.010), education (β = 0.330 and ρ = 0.001), motivation (β = 0.249 and ρ = 0.006) and personality
amir naeemi; Behzad Ranjbar; Farnoosh Nahavandian
Abstract
Given the rapid changes in this century the agricultural education system, in addition to the educational and technical aspects, must assist students and other stakeholders in acquiring cultural and social skills and abilities. So, the purpose of this applied research was to analyze the effects of cultural ...
Read More
Given the rapid changes in this century the agricultural education system, in addition to the educational and technical aspects, must assist students and other stakeholders in acquiring cultural and social skills and abilities. So, the purpose of this applied research was to analyze the effects of cultural capability on cultural capital among agricultural students at the University of Zanjan. This quantitative research in terms of data collection and analysis is a field study and in terms of the possibility and ability to control variables is causal-relational research. The statistical population of the study was 1023 people of agricultural students studying at the University of Zanjan (N=1023). The sample size determined via Krejcie and Morgan’s table (n=284). The sampling method was proportional stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The face and content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of agricultural extension and education experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by calculating the ordinal theta between 0.74 to 0.94 and composite reliability between 0.72 to 0.97. SPSS software and structural equation modeling methods in AMOS software were used to process the data. The results of the structural model showed that according to the viewpoint of students, the cultural capability has a significant and positive effect on the cultural capital. Also, the cultural intelligence and skills of students have a positive and significant effect on cultural capital and the structural model analysis showed that cultural capability can explain 28% of students' cultural capital changes.
Agricultural education
Maryam Babapour Vajari; Ali Shams; Kourosh Fathi Vajargah
Abstract
The current study was conducted through an exploratory mixed method with the aim of creating a questionnaire regarding the reasons for choosing the field of agricultural engineering. The statistical population of the qualitative research involved studies related to the choice of majors as well as undergraduate ...
Read More
The current study was conducted through an exploratory mixed method with the aim of creating a questionnaire regarding the reasons for choosing the field of agricultural engineering. The statistical population of the qualitative research involved studies related to the choice of majors as well as undergraduate students of agricultural faculties. 91 studies were selected by the enumeration method and through purposeful snowball sampling 12 students were recruited based on the theoretical saturation index. The qualitative data were extracted through interviews and processed and analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. Out of the given population, 382 people including undergraduate students of the agricultural faculties were also selected using stratified random sampling representing statistical population sample. The quantitative data were driven through the implementation of a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis using SMART PLS3. The validity of the questionnaire was evaluated and confirmed by piloting. On the other hand, factor loading and the divergent validity test, and the reliability of the questionnaire was also evaluated and confirmed using Cronbach's alpha test and composite reliability method, respectively. And finally, an 84-item questionnaire was obtained containing six factors related to major (the strongest relationship with the main structure), individual, organizational, economic, and social factors, and family status (the weakest relationship with the main structure). Each factor i.e. major, individual, organizational, economic, social, and family status included 10, 26, 8, 9, 26, and 5 items respectively.
Narges kakolvand; Saeed Gholamrezai; Mehdi Rahimian
Abstract
Agriculture promotion and education has always been one of the main elements of the development of agriculture. Nowadays, the development of cultivating the strategic and import of rapeseed is a necessity and identifying educational development strategies for its development is very important. Meanwhile, ...
Read More
Agriculture promotion and education has always been one of the main elements of the development of agriculture. Nowadays, the development of cultivating the strategic and import of rapeseed is a necessity and identifying educational development strategies for its development is very important. Meanwhile, the city of Solejdah in Lorestan province is one of the most prone to cultivating oilseeds. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of agricultural promotion and education in the development of rapeseed cultivation in this region. This research is based on qualitative paradigm. Statistical population of this study is 13 employees of the related experts and the officials of the Agricultural and Agricultural Cooperatives Development Department as the main informant. In order to increase the validity and validity of the data, the method of review by the participants as well as the validity of the research was applied to multilateralism.the results of this study showed that three strategies for enhancing support role, strengthening educational programs and organizing the system of cultivation would be beneficial for the development of rapeseed. To implement educational and promotional strategies, training in-service experts, training operators on the formation of cooperatives with the goal of integration and agronomy, implementation of group training programs aimed at improving productivity, visiting farmers from sample farms, rehearsals and monitoring Continuing technical and promotional experts and providing multimedia educational packages in the field of suitable irrigation systems, introduction of high yield resistant varieties and observing the distance between cultivars and seed rate per hectare
Hamid Movahed Mohammadi; fatemeh Oskohi; amir ALAMBEIGI; Mohammadreza Parsanejad; Ahmad Rezvanfar
Abstract
Technology Transfer from university to industry with the nature of commercialization of academic research findings is considered as an economic development strategy and it is based on the synergistic connection of science, technology and their exploitation. Proper use of technology and its effective ...
Read More
Technology Transfer from university to industry with the nature of commercialization of academic research findings is considered as an economic development strategy and it is based on the synergistic connection of science, technology and their exploitation. Proper use of technology and its effective transfer from university to industry in the context of university entrepreneurial ecosystem, can increase productivity, efficient use of resources, increase product diversity, reduce production costs by increasing innovation and creativity in doing things and increase capacity be competitive and provide more facilities and financial resources to academic researchers and improve the technology transfer process. In this study, the coding process was performed using MAXQDA10 software and the main and sub-categories were extracted. Then, common and more important tasks and functions were selected from among the researches. In total, 24 tasks and functions were identified for offices and Technology Transfer centers in the form of five main tasks including: registration and management of intellectual property, empowerment of researchers, networking and communication with the community, promotion and sociability and feasibility and financial services. This interaction leads to recognizing the needs of industry, adapting courses and research to the needs of industry, creating internships for students, identifying superior abilities and ideas, finally, increasing the motivation and ability to create new business in students and their independence to government affairs.
Agricultural education
Seyedeh Bahar Homayoon; Masoud Yazdanpanah; saeed Mohammadzadeh; Tahereh Zobeidi; Alexa J. Lamm
Abstract
Currently, ICT has a tremendous impact on the efficiency of the educational system, and its usage is aimed at continuously training users in educational programs. The continuity of this education depends on the teachers' willingness to continue using ICT. Therefore, the present research was conducted ...
Read More
Currently, ICT has a tremendous impact on the efficiency of the educational system, and its usage is aimed at continuously training users in educational programs. The continuity of this education depends on the teachers' willingness to continue using ICT. Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the factors that affect the utilization of ICT by educators in the winter of2022. To achieve this objective, the GETAMEL model was utilized to explain the factors that predict Jihad Agricultural Organization teachers' behavior. Within this model, the constructs of enjoyment, subjective norms, self-efficacy, and anxiety are external factors that influence the constructs of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of the TAM theory. The statistical population of this research was the experts of agricultural jihad of Fars province who were the instructors of training courses and were selected using the multi-stage random cluster sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire which content validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was confirmed by the Ordinal theta coefficient (θ˃0.8). The data were analyzed using frequency, mean, SEM and, SPSS24 and, Smart-PLS3 software. The GETAMEL model successfully predicted 64% of the variance of ICT usage behavior. Additionally, the results indicated that perceived usefulness had a direct effect on self-efficacy, enjoyment, and subjective norms. Moreover, perceived ease of use directly influences subjective norms and inversely affects anxiety. The results of this research can be valuable in formulating policies to sustain educator's motivation to use ICT within agricultural education.
Agricultural education
Shokofeh Bakhtvar; Shahpar Geravandi
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the pro-environmental behavior of beekeepers using the integrated Hermann-Ajzen model. The statistical population of this research consisted of beekeepers in Javanrud County (N=180) who had participated in environmental education courses and were studied through ...
Read More
The present study aimed to investigate the pro-environmental behavior of beekeepers using the integrated Hermann-Ajzen model. The statistical population of this research consisted of beekeepers in Javanrud County (N=180) who had participated in environmental education courses and were studied through a census method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made, three-part questionnaire, whose validity was confirmed by expert faculty members, and its reliability was verified using Cronbach’s alpha, AVE, and CR tests. To examine causal relationships among variables, structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed using Smart PLS software. An analysis of mental processing indicators among the studied beekeepers revealed that the dominant mental styles were, in descending order: yellow mind (Mean = 4.15, SD = 0.91), blue mind (Mean = 3.78, SD = 0.50), green mind (Mean = 3.42, SD = 1.08), and red mind (Mean = 2.96, SD = 1.25). Furthermore, the structural equation modeling results showed no significant relationships between attitude and intention toward pro-environmental behavior (p=0.365, t=0.906), intention and mental processing indicators (p=0.419, t=0.808), pro-environmental behavior and mental processing indicators (p=0.976, t=0.030), and subjective norms and intention toward pro-environmental behavior (p=0.395, t=0.850). Consequently, the null hypothesis remained valid. However, significant relationships were observed between intention and pro-environmental behavior (p=0.011, t=2.541), attitude and mental processing indicators (p=0.015, t=2.441), perceived behavioral control and mental processing indicators (p=0.000, t=3.426), subjective norms and mental processing indicators (p=0.000, t=4.046), perceived behavioral control and pro-environmental behavior (p=0.002, t=3.094), and pro-environmental behavior and perceived behavioral control (p=0.001, t=3.282).
mohammad ghorbani; hosein Rohani; mohammad reza kohansal
Abstract
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 ...
Read More
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.
