Determining Research, Education, and Extension Requirements for Application of the Precision Agricultural System in Iran
Subject Areas : International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
M. Omidi- Najafabadi
1
(nadarad)
S. Bahramnejad
2
(nadarad)
Keywords: Education, Iran, Research, Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Extension, Precision Agriculture (PA), Requirements,
Abstract :
Reluctance towards implementation of precision agriculture (PA) seems to be based on lackof consideration to education, extension, and research sectors. The objective of this study isto identify educational, extensional, and research requirements in application of the PAsystem. The research population included all the experts in Qazvin province who are familiarwith PA concepts and PA’s equipments, such as GPS and GIS. The results showed thatoffering a practical PA education and preparation of extension programs to introduce PA’sbenefits provide more impact in the extensional requirement, among other variables.Findings of this article emphasize, again, on key role of the agricultural extension in efficientimplementation of PA.