Training Needs Assessment: The Case of Female Rice Farmers in Northern Iran

An appraisal of training requirements responds to the issue of why training is needed and gives some assurance that the services needed to establish and conduct training can achieve the required outcomes based on performance. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the educational needs of...

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Published in:Agriculture (Basel) 2022-03, Vol.12 (3), p.390
Main Authors: Goli, Imaneh, Azadi, Hossein, Miceikienė, Astrida, Tanaskovik, Vjekoslav, Stamenkovska, Ivana Janeska, Kurban, Alishir, Viira, Ants-Hannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural agents
Agricultural education
Agricultural technology adoption
Agriculture
Agronomy and Crop Science
Developing countries
Economic factors
Education
Educational need
Environmental sciences & ecology
Farmers
Food Science
Food security
Households
Income distribution
LDCs
Life sciences
Needs analysis
Planning
Plant Science
Rice
Rice farmers
Rural areas
Rural women
Sciences de l’environnement & écologie
Sciences du vivant
Training
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Summary:An appraisal of training requirements responds to the issue of why training is needed and gives some assurance that the services needed to establish and conduct training can achieve the required outcomes based on performance. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the educational needs of female rice farmers in Sari (the capital of Mazandaran province located in Northern Iran). This study adopted a descriptive-correlational approach consisting of 1677 female rice farmers in Sari in 2013–2015. Finally, 240 respondents were selected and examined using Cochran’s formula and through stratified sampling with proportional assignment. The results of multivariate stepwise regression indicated that the level of participation (−0.488), the importance of economic factors (0.369), the number of training courses (−0.284), and marital status (−0.179) of female rice farmers were effective on the training needs level. According to the findings, training programs should take into account the educational needs of female rice farmers in order to gain the necessary expertise and skills in new methods and transfer them to other farmers.
ISSN:2077-0472
2077-0472
DOI:10.3390/agriculture12030390