The Effective Factors In Nutritional Management Knowledge And A Proper Educational Plan For Broiler Farmers, A Case Study in Garmsar Township

Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management

Ali Nouri Emamzadeh ¹ , Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri ²

1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
2 - Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran

Received: 2015-02-19 Accepted : 2015-06-28 Published : 2015-12-01

Keywords: Broiler farmers, Garmsar, Nutritional management knowledge, Appropriate educational program,

Abstract :

The study was conducted to determine the effective factors in nutritional management knowledge and design a proper educational plan for broiler farmers in Garmsar Township. The used methodological approach was descriptive-correlation. Eighty-eight questionnaires were collected and analyzed of 98broiler farmers active in Garmsar. The content and face validity of the questionnaires and reliability of analysis were respectively specified and calculated according to guide, and Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated α=0.86 for the whole using SPSS software. Results indicated that role of extension methodsin increasing the knowledge was very low to very high between the different methods. The correlation analysis indicated significant and positive relationships for farm capacity, income level, exhibitive educational methods and survey of modern farms with thefarmers’ knowledge. Results of multiple regression analysis as step by step indicated that two variables of exhibitive and survey educational methods explain significantly 56.2 percentages of the total variance. Therefore, theregression equation was: the plan = 0.664 (Exhibitive method) + 0.292 (Survey method). In conclusion, best educational plan is education of appropriate literatures with emphasis on the priorities via best methods especially exhibitive and survey methods.

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