The role of agricultural extension on incidence of farmer's entrepreneurial characteristics : case study of Kermanshah province, Iran

Abstract EN

The main purpose of this descriptive correlative research is to consider the effects of agricultural extension system on promoting the entrepreneurial characters of farmers in rural areas.

Statistical society of research was 1800 persons of Kermanshah province farmers who attended extension classes at least once.

By using Cochran's formula, sample size is determined and it is concluded of 125 individuals that by stratified sampling method proportional to township size, attributed.

Research instrument was questioner with cronbach alpha = 0.85 as reliability.

Independent variable is "extension education" and dependent variable is “incidence of client's entrepreneurial characters “.

Result of compare mean between amount of "entrepreneurial characters” of client before and after taking part in classes’ shows that there is significant difference between them.

According to Pearson's correlation result there is positive correlation between 4 elements of "agricultural extension system" including: educational content; methods: organization and education tools as independent variable and “incidence of client's entrepreneurial characters" (p = 0.1).

Multivariable regression results show that two variables-educational content and methods- cause 44 percent of dependent variable changes.