Factors Affecting Shamsabad Farmer's Attitudes towards Privatization of Agricultural Extension Activities, khuzestan, Iran

This study was conducted to analize factors affecting Shamsabad farmers, attitudes towards privatization of agricultural extension activities and its obstacles in, Khuzestan. to achieve a fairavall privatization system. The target population of this field study include all farmers in Shmsabad (N=175). Applying Krejcie and Morgan sampling table, and ratio stratified randomized sampling method, 120 farmers were choosen as the research sample. Data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS version 16. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients far questionnaire were 0.82-0.89. Results revealed that 21.1 percent of the respondents expressed negative attitudes towards privatization of agricultura and 8 percent had a positive attitude. Findings of the study showed That technical and advisory services,with the average of 6.77 out of 10 processed agricultural products, with the average 6.45 as the first and second preferences transferred to the private sector from the perspective of farmers, Training classes, with the average 5.19, and packaging products with the lowest average (5.07) allocated to farmers from the perspective of the last Rank.