عوامل موثر بر اثربخشي عملكرد كارشناسان ناظر طرح محوري گندم در استان قزوين

Factors Affecting the Performance of the Agricultural Advisors in Increasing Production of the Wheat Self Sufficiency Plan (WSP) in Qazvin Province

The availability of highly specialized human resources is one of the most important factors for development process in every sector. The agriculture sector in Iran like many other developing countries is facing the shortage of specialized human resources to help farmers resolving their technical problems. In this regard, the Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture as a part of program of using private sector advisors, has been hiring the university graduates in field of agriculture to work in the WSP. This study aimed to identify factors affecting the performance of advisors in Province of Qazvin. Data was collected from 105 experts. The results indicated that the relationship between the educational level, working experience, number of contact with farmers, number of contact with the agricultural researchers, adaptability of training the extent of meeting the needʹs of trainees, using educational tools, technical support from "Jihad-e-Keshavarzi" organization as independent variables and performance of advisors in increasing production as dependent variable is significant and positive. The results also showed that the kind of supervisory role had positive correlation with performance of advisors. The regression analysis showed that the technical supportive role of "Jihad-e-Keshavarzi" organization, number of contacts with farmers and the educational level of advisors were entered to regression model.