The Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Education-Extension Activities in Revival of Natural Resources of Saravan County

This descriptive-correlational research aims at studying the factors influencing the effectiveness of the education-extension activities in revival of the natural resources of Saravan County. The population includes all beneficiaries of Saravanʹsnatural resources who are 1175 people (n=1175), 280 of which were selected through stratified proportional random sampling as the sample data, using Cocharanʹs formula (n=280) which finally 270 questionnaires were analyzable. The research tool was a questionnaire that its justifiability was confirmed by the expert panel and its validity coefficient was calculated between 0.81 to 0.71 using SPSS software. The results from correlation test show that there is a positive and significant relation between variables like education, agricultural activity background, the size of agricultural fields, number of the livestock, annual income, the income from agriculture, level of participation in social institutions, level of benefiting from different educational courses, level of satisfaction with elements of the held educational plans and the attitude toward revival, preservation and development of natural resources with effectiveness of education-extension activities in revival of the natural resources. Also, according to the results from the step by step multiple regression of variables like level of benefiting from different educational courses, the agricultural income, education level, the attitude toward revival, preservation and development of natural resources and participation in social institutions, explain 43% of the changes in effectiveness of education-extension courses in revival of natural resources