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As a vital source of life, water has been attached a great value and always regarded as scared among peoples. It is also one of the most valuable and decisive factors in horticultural activities. The present article investigates the traditional irrigation system in the city of Nowdeshah based on the criteria and traditions observed by their ancestors. As the most common and effective system, the traditional Ajin irrigation system has a history of centuries and is still in use in its original form both across the whole Hawraman region and in Nowdeshah in particular. With subsistence fruit raising and traditional livestock breeding as their main sources of livelihood, the inhabitants in Hawraman use a regular and accurate irrigation system that has evolved through traditional rules and has its own water exploitation and allocation methods with extremely rich social aspects. In collective water exploitation in this system, water sharing groups are formed consisting of a certain number of farmers who share a specified number of irrigation hours in each water cycle. A salient feature of the system in Nowdehah is efficient irrigation during low water seasons since irrigation timing and quantity are governed by such local factors as climatic conditions, product type, growth stage, tree yield, soil properties (e.g., water holding capacity), and the extent of vertical and horizontal development of tree roots. Overall, the irrigation system in this region has its roots in the local culture, indigenous knowledge, and environmental and climate conditions.

The main purpose of this research was to both identify and prioritize training needs of rural women cooperatives’ members. The study has used both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Training needs of cooperative's members were first explored by qualitative method (PRA), then prioritized by the quantitative method (questionnaire). In order to assess and prioritize the educational needs a job analysis model was used. The population included 230 members of the Noodsheh cooperative. A sample of 144 women was selected by a randomized method and Morgan’s Table was used for this purpose. The quantitative research tool was a questionnaire, that its validity was examined by a group of experts and to assess the reliability of the questions a pilot-test was used through SPSS software. Data was analyzed by descriptive and analytical methods. The results showed that the most important training needs for rural women cooperatives’ members of Noodsheh were: 1) conservation, rehabilitation and prevention of pasture’s demolition, 2) pest, diseases and weed control on gardens, 3) familiarity with designing new models of Geevah and dresses. The results also revealed that the most important problems of rural women cooperatives’ members of Noodsheh were: not enough understanding of members regarding to goals, principles and rules of coops, capital shortage of the coop, rental situation of the coop building, unreasonable expectations of some members regarding the coop, negative attitude of some members to the coop.