Identifying Factors Caused Wastes in the Wheat Production by Farm Advisors in Qazvin Province
Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research
Keywords: Wheat Wastes, Factor analysis, Farm Advisors, Qazvin Province,
Abstract :
The major purpose of this study was to identify the factors caused wastes in wheat production by farm advisors in Qazvin Province. The research is applied type research and descriptive method was used to collect the data. The population for the study was 112 farm advisors in Qazvin Province and data collected by using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using factor analysis in SPSSV11. The results of factor analysis show that five latent factors including knowledge and skills, supportive, managerial, farming, and mechanization explain more than 51 percent of the total variance of factors caused wastes in wheat production