N. Leis; M. Chizari; A. Rezvanfar; E. Abasi
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Agricultural applied-scientific education that develops the practical skills of students to getter with theoretical education can development of job skills take steps with development of job skills in educational programs in reinforcing the specification, abilities and skills of students. The aim of ...
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Agricultural applied-scientific education that develops the practical skills of students to getter with theoretical education can development of job skills take steps with development of job skills in educational programs in reinforcing the specification, abilities and skills of students. The aim of the study was to investigate the rate of the Business and the development of job skills of agricultural applied-scientific students of West Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2010. The study was performed based on the general frame of research survey. The statistical community of the study was645 applied-scientific students. The sample were160 that were calculated by the Cochran formula. And the data was chosen through the random stratified sampling. The validity of the study instrument was confirmed by the professors of Tehran and Teacher Training Universities and agricultural applies-scientific specialists. The reliability of the study was calculated by Cronbachs’ alpha coefficient (r=0/82) for the whole questionnaire variables . The coefficient shows that the instrument of the study was reliable. The data were analyzed by SPSS win software. The results of the spearmen’s’ correlation coefficient showed that there is positive and significant relationship between age, the level of father education, monthly family earnings, the application of entrepreneurship education methods and developing job skills of students. With consideration to the importance of the agricultural applied- scientific education and the need of agricultural sector to professional graduators in business and development of the job skills, the study suggests that the educational workshops should be considered as the most effective educational method. The priority should be given to the content of the major lessons. In different stages, the syllabuses should be designed at the purpose of training students to improve their skills for hunting jobs, professions and business.
A.A. Shahroudi∗; M. Chizari; Gh. R. Pezeshki Rad
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AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate and analyze the influence of water users’ cooperative (WUC) on farmers’ attitudes toward optimum agricultural water management practices with an approach to compare the two groups of farmers in irrigation networks with WUC and without ...
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AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate and analyze the influence of water users’ cooperative (WUC) on farmers’ attitudes toward optimum agricultural water management practices with an approach to compare the two groups of farmers in irrigation networks with WUC and without it. The research method was a descriptive-correlational and causal-comparative study of the survey type. The target population in the study was the entire farmers of irrigation networks in Khorasan-Razavi Province. Using stratified random sampling technique, 335 participants were selected as a statistical. The content and face validity of the questionnaire was specified after several times of review and correction by the faculty members at Tarbiat Modarres University and the executive experts of Agricultural Jihad Organization and Regional Water Joint-stock Company in Khorasan-Razavi Province. The reliability analysis was conducted and Cronbach’s alpha values for the various sections of instrument were estimated to be between 0.73 and 0.86. The results of descriptive findings showed that attitude rate more than half of studied farmers (55.1%) regarding agricultural water management were at positive relatively and positive levels. Moreover, the results from statistical analyses indicated that WUC was very effective on the development of factors related to the social, human, physical, financial, and natural capitals, so that the WUC irrigation network with increases in the components of social confidence, solidarity, and participation, improved extension contacts, developed appropriate information channels, improved the status of regional irrigation system, and increased water users’ participation in irrigation water management were more effective on farmers’ attitudes toward the development and application of agricultural water management strategies such as under-pressure irrigation technology compared to non-WUC irrigation networks.
