introduction the agricultural sector has always been the focal point of attentions in rural development. if we are convinced that agriculture plays a pivotal role in rural development, human resources are therefore the key elements to reach the goal of development. among the valuable resources in agricultural discipline, are the graduated students of factures of agriculture across the country. ...

the main objective of present paper was to study the validity of agricultural extension indices for ranking iranian provinces in terms of extension and education activities. the study was carried out in two phases. in phase one through review of literature, 137 extension-education indices were identified. the indices were classified in seven fields as following: 1) indices of extension workers,...

This study provides a framework and definition to the notion of talent management process and describes how it fits the human resources architecture of agricultural higher education system in Iran. This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews for data collection and systematic grounded theory methods for data analysis. For this study, we selected and interviewed 15 expe...

water user cooperatives were formed due to consideration to people's empowerment and participation in water investment and management. the purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of development and strengthening of water user cooperatives in the aras river basin. the study population consisted of the management board members of the water user cooperatives in the aras basin in th...

this survey research was conducted to investigate the professional facilitation competencies of agricultural extension experts. the statistical population of the study consisted of all extension practitioners working in different provincial extension departments of the ministry of jihad-e-agriculture. using cochran's formula, 232 extension practitioners were selected as sample using multi-...

In today's turbulent business environment, organizations face the need to rapidly respond to demands, explore new opportunities, apply evolving technologies, and create novel competitive advantages. Knowledge Management (KM) and Organizational Entrepreneurship (OE) are two strategic tools through which companies can concurrently improve their competitive advantage while seeking new potential op...

the present study aimed to study guidelines for jihad-e-keshavarzi organization of gilan province to become learning organization through strengthening organizational citizenship behavior and attitudes of employees. a questionnaire based survey was applied to 159 employees estimated through stratified random sampling. the face and content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of expe...