JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH
Year:2020 | Volume:- | Issue:54|Papers Count:10

The purpose of this research was to Comparing Chaotic Management Indicators in intercropping and the Traditional Cropping System in Hamadan. The population has consisted of 925 farmers from Mofteh village of Famenin city who were engaged in agricultural activities. The sample size was 272 that selected by the Cochran formula. The research tool was a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part is the demographic characteristics of rural women and the second part is a questionnaire with 54 items on a five-choice Likert scale (1 to 5). It was used AVE (0. 51) and CR (0. 72) for validity and reliability respectively. Also, it was used SPSS/22 software for processing. Statistical tests in this study were: independent t-test and content analysis to identify common identification points between the two systems studied. The results show that there was a significant difference in chaotic management and its components mean at intercropping and traditional systems. On the other hand, it shows that management chaos in mixed cropping systems was higher than the traditional system. Therefore, in multicast systems Butterfly, selfishness, strange attractions, and dynamic adaptation have the most impact on traditional systems.

This is an applied and exploratory research and has been done by the method of drives analysis. In the first stage, information was collected through interviews with 20 experts. The results were 17 key Concepts. In the second step, a interaction questionnaire was designed. The weighting of this questionnaire was done in pairwise comparisons with numbers between 0 and 3. Then Mikmak software was used for analysis. The results showed that "holding workshops to introduce the potential of rural women to family members and rural men" on the one hand can increase the empowerment and creativity of rural women. It is also possible to facilitate the entry of women into economic activities by introducing these abilities and capabilities to other villagers. Also, "more effective intervention of agricultural promoters to present exhibitions of rural women''''s achievements on a regular basis along with training to increase the quality of products to be presented at the exhibition" can be effective. These drivers drive "strengthening the skills of using virtual marketing to develop rural women''''s home-based jobs" and also have a direct and effective effect on "increasing the level of women''''s job-creating skills"; It will also increase the exchange of experiences in the field of rural women.

Nomads make a significant contribution to the country's economic prosperity. One of the strategies for achieving job security in nomadic areas is education and extension. This study is conducted with a mixed perspective and with the aim of evaluating the level of learning and examining the impact of agricultural education on employment and livelihood sustainability of Ilam nomads. The qualitative part of the research was done by the basic theory method and the quantitative part was done by the quasi-experimental method. The statistical population in the qualitative section were 24 helpers promoting nomads in Ilam. The sampling method used was snowball and information from nomads was collected through interviews. Findings in the coding process were classified into concepts. The results showed that the factors affecting the sustainability of nomadic livelihood in Ilam province include six components that extension training plays a significant role in this regard. In a quantitative section to evaluate the amount of learning and the effect of education on employment and livelihood sustainability, among 60 nomadic promoters in Ilam, 40 were selected using purposive sampling in 1398, of which 21 in the workshop and another 20control group in the study. A pre-test-post-test questionnaire was used to collect data. The reliability of the test was determined using Cronbach's alpha and its validity was determined using the opinion of the steering committee. For data analysis, spss21 software and Scheff test were used. The results showed that the knowledge and ability of nomads to carry out economic activities before and after the training of medicinal plants production was significantly different.

Climate change has affected most countries in the world. This phenomenon has also had negative effects on Iran's agricultural sector. Certainly, the knowledge and perception of agricultural extension agents about climate change can be effective in farmers' resilience to this issue. Due to this issue, this descriptive-correlation study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and perception of agricultural extension agents toward climate change and the factors affecting it. The statistical population of the study was all agricultural extension agents in Kermanshah Township (N = 180) from which 118 people were randomly selected as a sample. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by panel of experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used in order to assess the reliability of the research tool. Based on the results, the climate change knowledge of the extension agents was acceptable (mean 12. 83 out of 20) and four variables of age, information sources, work experience and education had a positive and significant effect on their knowledge. Regression analysis showed that the effect of climate change knowledge on extension agents' perception is positive and significant. The results of this study can raise the sensitivity of agricultural extension planners to the issue of climate change and providing in-service training for agricultural extension agents in this field.

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.

Social Network Sites (SNSs), as a tool for conveying educational messages, have a high position in the agricultural education system. The use of SNSs can affect different aspects of the educational system. Numerous studies have examined the relationship between the use of SNSs and various variables of educational system outputs. This study seeks to identify the factors affecting the educational use of social media and academic performance of agricultural students. The statistical population was 111, 528 students of public agricultural colleges across the country in the academic year 2018-2019, of which 400 students were selected from eight universities in the country using Morgan table and multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire using Likert Scale whose morphological validity was confirmed by a number of professors in the field of agricultural extension and Persian literature, and its content validity was confirmed by Average Variance Extracted (AVE between 0. 64 and 0. 73 for different variables) and reliability was confirmed using sequental theta (Ɵ between 0. 85 and 0. 92 for different variables). To investigate the effect of variables on students’ academic performance, t, f and Pearson correlation coefficient were used, respectively, and the findings showed that the most common use of SNSs among students is related to communicating with friends and family. There is a significant difference between the educational use of these networks by male and female students and also between students of different educational levels, but no significant difference was observed between different disciplines. It was also found that the rate of educational use of social networks among students who used these networks for educational purposes, has a positive effect on their academic performance, so it is suggested that educational administrators and planners as well as university professors pay more attention to the inclusion of these media in the curriculum.

One of the most important goals of agricultural extension is informal education of farmers through extension educationclasses. Continuous evaluation of this educational tool is an effective factor in its success. One way to evaluate extension educationclasses is to evaluate it by the farmers themselves by assessing the farmers'' satisfaction. Because extension educationclasses will be effective when farmers are satisfied with these classes. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting farmers'' satisfaction with extension educationclasses in Aleshtar township. This study used the Norwegian Customer Satisfaction Index as a theoretical framework of the research and the causal-correlation research method as the research method. The statistical population of this study was the farmers of Aleshtar township who had participated in extension educationclasses in 2015 year (220 people). Based on Krejcie and Morgan table, a sample of 140 these farmers were selected for the study. The data required for the research were collected using a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was reviewed and confirmed by a group of experts and theta reliability coefficient (θ = %78-%95) was used to determine the reliability of different parts of the questionnaire. Structural equation modeling was used to determine factors influencing farmers’ satisfaction through AMOS20. The results showed that the perceived value variable has the highest direct effect on farmers ''satisfaction with extension educationclasses and the perceived expectations have the highest indirect effect on farmers'' satisfaction with extension educationclasses. Also, in general, direct and indirect impact, expectations have the highest impact on farmers'' satisfaction with extension educationclasses

Responsibility as one of the aspects of morality, means that a person performs her moral duty and action with her own consent and is accountable for it. Responsibility encompasses a wide range of dimensions. The present study aimed to determine relationship between the levels of responsibility (Zamhos), and intention to receiving career counseling towards Shiraz university undergraduate agricultural students. The research population includes 875 undergraduate agricultural students were studying in the first semester of 2018-2019 academic year. According to Morgan’ s table and to reach the number of valid samples (T. Student), 330 subjects were selected by two-stage stratified random sampling. For gathering information use semi-structured questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of experts of agricultural extension and education and the reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’ s alpha coefficient (0. 95) and SPSS software used for data analysis. The results showed that personal responsibility has a direct and weak relationship with intention to receiving career counseling. Although general social responsibility has a direct and strong relationship with religious responsibility.

Analyzing quality of practical courses outcomes plays a key role in improving the quality of education in agricultural vocational schools and the process of training skillful human resources for the agricultural sector. Thus the main purpose of this study was to analyze quality of practical courses outcomes at Athar Female Vocational Agricultural School in Baghmalek, Khuzestan province. The statistical population consisted of all students of Athar Female Vocational Agricultural School in Baghmalek township (N=76). Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table of sample size, 63 students were selected through simple random sampling method. Data was collected using questionnaire which was validated by using the extracted mean variance (AVE = 0. 77), in addition the reliability was measured by ordinal coefficient alpha (α = 0. 84). The results of descriptive statistics indicated that students interest in agricultural careers and natural environment was first ranked factor to enroll in vocational agriculture school. Low grade point average (GPA) and lack of chance for studying in other fields was the second ranked factor in the enrollment. The results of the standard deviation from the average index (ISDM) showed that the quality of the achievements of practical courses from the students' point of view was relatively good in general. Exploratory factor analysis summarized the outcomes of practical courses in three factors: acquisition of cognitive skills, acquisition of emotional skills and acquisition of technical and professional skills. These factors totally explained 58. 43 % of variance of the quality of practical courses outcomes.