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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 53-643
Full Name: Vahideh Birjandi
Position: Engineer
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: No. 598, 212th street, Parvin square, Tehranpars, Tehran, Iran
Country: IRAN
Tel: 09125361093-(021)77781547
Tel prefix: 0098
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E-mail address: vahideh.birjandi@yahoo.com
Other E-mails: vahideh.birjandi@gmail.com
Title of the Paper: The Role of Farm Advisors in Reducing Wastes in Wheat Production (Case Study, Qazvin Province, Iran)
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Vahideh Birjandi
Email addresses of all the authors: vahideh.birjandi@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Wheat was one of the first domesticated food crops and for 8000 years has been the basic staple food of the major civilizations of Europe, West Asia and North Africa. Today, wheat is grown on more land area than any other commercial crop and continues to be the most important food grain source for humans. Agricultural waste was considered as an irrational behaviour of agricultural man power, i.e., producers, processors and consumers. Due to the role of reducing wheat waste in increasing production of wheat, Iran's Ministry of Agriculture commenced a program to reduce the waste and increase production of wheat and hired university graduated students in field of agriculture to work as advisors to train farmers the methods to increase production and reduce wastes in the Wheat Self Sufficiency Plan (WSP). The major purpose of this study was investigating of the role's farm advisors in reducing wastes in wheat production in Qazvin Province. The population for the study !
was 112 advisors in Qazvin Province and data collected by using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using statistical methods in SPSS. The results of the study showed there was a meaningful and positive relation between farm advisors' role in reducing wastes in wheat production as dependent variable and Number of farm advisors' contacts with extension experts in Ministry of Agriculture in cultivation, Rate of attending of farm advisors in educational courses on reducing wastes, Adaptability of farm advisors' educational courses on reducing wastes with their needs, Applying farm advisors' advices by farmers to reduce waste in plantation period, Awareness of farm advisors about methods of reducing wastes in plantation period, Using educational tools by farm advisors in farmers' education on reducing wheat wastes as independent variables.
Keywords: Farm Advisors, Waste Reduction, Wheat, Iran, Qazvin Province
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