Agricultural Extension and Education
Assessing the Sustainability of Farm-land Management in the Eastern Azerbaijan Province (Case of Malekan County)

Siamak Nabizadeh; Mohammadreza Mahboobi; Gholam Hossein Abdollahzadeh

Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 61-80

https://doi.org/10.22048/rdsj.2015.13411

Abstract
      This paper aims to assess sustainable farmlands management in the Malekan County. The target population consisted of wheat growers among which 162 farmers were selected according to the multistage cluster selection method. The research tool used was a questionnaire whose face validity ...  Read More

Agricultural Extension and Education
Information Sources Influencing Soil Testing Innovation Adoption by Grape Farmers in the Khorramdarreh Township

Seyedeh Shirin Golbaz; Esmail Karamidehkordi; Gholamreza Mojaradi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 81-100

https://doi.org/10.22048/rdsj.2015.13412

Abstract
  Testing soil  is recognized to be an important practice for sustainable use of nutrients, which has been introduced to Iranian grape farmers as an innovation for over a decade. Its adoption and utilization may be influenced by receiving information from different sources. This study is performed ...  Read More

Agricultural Extension and Education
Analyzing the Required Professional Qualification for Agricultural Extension Experts in Operational Level in the Mazandaran Province

Amir Ahmadpour; Meysam Nouri; Mehdi Alikhani Dado Kolaei

Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 101-120

https://doi.org/10.22048/rdsj.2015.13415

Abstract
  Extension experts who play an active role at the operational level are required to have some indispensable competencies to enable them to provide the rural community with some high quality, ­applicable and important educational programs. Accordingly, the study sought to analyze the components of ...  Read More