Prioritizing Agricultural Services and Identifying Effective Factors on Serving in Guilan Agricultural Jihad Centers

Karim Motamd, Mohammad; Sadegh Allahyari, Mohammad; Alavion, Seyed Jaber

doi:10.22048/rdsj.2015.9686

Prioritizing Agricultural Services and Identifying Effective Factors on Serving in Guilan Agricultural Jihad Centers

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Mohammad Karim Motamd ¹

Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari ²

Seyed Jaber Alavion ³

¹ Department of Rural Development, University of Guilan

² Department of Agricultural Management, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University

³ Young Researchers and Elite Club, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University

https://doi.org/10.22048/rdsj.2015.9686

Abstract

In order to identify different agricultural services, by correlation-descriptive method, the present study attempts to prioritize demands of villagers for agricultural services, determine the role of effective factors on serving villagers through discriminant analysis and compute correlation between demands of agricultural services with education services through Spearman's Coefficient in Guilan Agricultural Jihad centers. The results showed that the five demands of services which had the priority were related to applicants of agricultural machines, draft discussion for fertilizer, facilities for livestock and poultry units, quota of fuel for agricultural machines and agricultural units and demands related to rice agronomy. In addition,educational services had a positive correlation with educational needs of villagers and staff factor enjoyed more important role in compare with human resource factor, equipment and rural coordination to offer services. Regarding that priorities in service demands from the centers requires providing credits, cooperation to establish local funds to provide agricultural machines which is the first demands of villagers and agreeing with collective ownership of these agricultural instruments are proper options so that the fund could be effective to provide other inputs and credits.

Keywords

Demands of Villagers for Agricultural Services

Education services

Factors for serving