JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
Year:2014 | Volume:7 | Issue:3 (27)|Papers Count:7

The purpose of this study was to survey affecting factors on the acceptance of rice insurance in Ilam. The statistic population of this study was rice producers in Ilam Province. Based on Cochran formula, 170 respondents were selected through proportional stratified sampling method. Basic information for the study collected through the internet and library studies. The main instrument was questionnaire and data collected through interview. The collected data from questionnaires were analyzed through the SPSS software and descriptive and analytical methods. The results show that there was positive relationship between the educational level, rice Area, farmers trust to insurance companies, participate in training courses, attitude to insurance, annual total income and income of rice production with dependent variable. Also there is additionally a negative, significant relationship between age and experience of rice production with dependent variable. Also, the results of logistic regression showed a significant effect with the dependent variable is the number of variables.

The goal of this study was to assess the greenhouse owners’ attitudes toward of actors of knowledge and agricultural information system, and finding the factors affecting participation in this process. Methodology of this study was survey, descriptive - analytical. A sample of 122 greenhouse owners in the South Khorasan province was selected through census sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. Results showed that the attitude of greenhouse owners towards extension experts, researches and private advisors is positive, while their views about universities and higher education institutes is more negative. Also the results of assessing the relationship between personal, professional and economical characteristics of greenhouse owners, and their views and attitude towards knowledge and agricultural information system have shown that there is no significant statistical relation between age, education variables and greenhouse owners attitude toward knowledge system and agricultural information; while there is a negative significant relationship at 95% between greenhouse cultivation experience, the production rate per unit area and greenhouse owners’ attitude towards knowledge and agricultural informationsystem. Kruskal-Wallis test results also showed that there is no significant difference between type of resource utilization, information source and attitudes of greenhouse owners towards agricultural knowledge and information systems.

This research was carried out to analyze and evaluate factors influencing on development of organic farming in the viewpoint of agricultural Jihad organization’ experts in Sistan and Baluchestan province The statistical population of this research was included all extension experts (82 people) of Jihad agriculture organization in Sistan & Baluchestan province and a questionnaire was used to collect the data, 74 of them completed questionnaires. The reliability and validity of questionnaire approved by experts and reliability measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (a=0.82). Data Analysis completed by SPSS/win 15 software. Results of factor analysis showed that financial-supportive, infrastructure, environmental and cultural components factors were among the factors influencing on development of organic farming totally explaining 62.97% of the variance.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing on entrepreneurial intention of agricultural students in Islamic Azad University, science and research branch in Tehran. Entrepreneurship is a process that leads to create significant opportunities for educated people in order to gain the financial and economic independence through increasing innovations and new opportunities for business. The statistical population of this study included 1830 of master and PhD students in agricultural field which, 146 of them were selected through a proportional stratified sampling. The latent variables that influencing on entrepreneurial intentions were as follows: entrepreneurial skills, self-efficacy, attitude toward entrepreneurship, psychological traits and social norms. A questionnaire was developed to collect data. Validity of the questionnaire confirmed by experts and reliability measured by using Cronbach alpha (max=95% & min=78%). The results indicated that, the entrepreneurial intention among agricultural students was in the medium level. Based on the findings from Structural Equation Model and AMOS18 software the order of latent variables impact on entrepreneurial intention were: entrepreneurial skills with 63%, self-efficacy with 44%, attitude toward entrepreneurship with 38%, psychological traits with 11% And social norms with 0.08% that could predicted the variance of entrepreneurship intention. Also social support and perceived desirability not effect on entrepreneurial intention and model role had negative effect on entrepreneurial intention. At the end proposals were submitted for more persuasion on entrepreneurial intention of students to educational planners.

The purpose of this study was to investigate tendency of the rural youth toward agricultural employment, so by prediction of their behavior of selection or non-selection of this job as a career, realistic planning can be carried out in the fields of agriculture and rural development and rural youth employment programs. This is an applied, causal-relative research type and its methodology was survey type. The statistical population of this study were all the rural youth aged between 15 to 24 years old who are living in rural areas in Ilam city (N=3562) from which using Cochran formula for sample volume determination and random sampling, a sample with probability proportionate to the size of 350 individuals was selected. To collect data from this statistical sample, closed questions questionnaire was used. To determine the content (faced) validity of the instrument, reviewed by apanel of experts. Also, to determine the questionnaire reliability, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated in frame of pilot study with 30 individual rural youth in Iyvan township which was acceptable for the present study (a=0.84). The results of this study showed that the overall tendencies of the rural youth are moderate. Also, based on regression analysis, the most important variables affecting on the rural youth tendencies toward employment in agricultural careers (dependent variable) are respectively as follows: their knowledge of agricultural occupation, family income from agricultural production, the level of government support for the rural youth employment in agricultural section. In total, these variables could explain 66.5% of dependent variance of the study.

Pastures is one of the most important and invaluable in national resources that with accurate use and by conservation of them and revival they can have prominent role for preservation of water and soil and provide of country’s requirements in connection of protein products. The main goal of this study was to recognize relation of some of the effective factors for draw animal husbandries partnership in order to preservation and revival of pastures in Semnanprovince. The method of research was applicable and casual- Relative. Variables to measure in this research were: characteristics of social, economic, individual and technical of animals’ husbandries and dependent variable was amount of partnership of animals husbandries for preservation and revival of pasturesin Semnan Province. The sample bulk determined by proper method of randomized ordered sampling and Cochran’s formula. Finally110 questionnaires were analyses for statistical analysis. The results were obtained from test of theories specified that there is a meaningful relation between literacy of animal husbandries and their level of their partnership. Also, there is a meaningful relation between amount of animal husbandries knowledge from nature of designs in pasturing and their partnership. There is a negative meaningful relation between expectation of problem solving from government and animal husbandmen’s partnership. There is a meaningful relation between rate of promoter calls with animal husbandries and their partnership. There is a meaningful relation between amount of animal husbandries pasture and amount of them partnership. There is a meaningful relation between animal husbandmen who have grazing permission and amount of them partnership. There are meaningful relation between partnership in training classes in pasturing and amount of their partnership. The results of stepwise regression showed 70 percent of animal husbandries partnership to preservation and revival of pastures in Semnanis related on the level of literacy and indicated 13 percent of that.