Educational Needs Assessment Survey of Farmers on Issues Related to Soil and Agriculture Sciences in Ahvaz Township

As far as agricultural education works as a tool for the acception of new technologies and applying scientific agricultural methods by producers and beneficiaries, this study was conducted in order to investigate farmers, information in Ahvaz city, regarding their awareness from soil and agriculture sciences to determine their educational priorities. The research population was determined to be 500 subjects using the Cocharane formula. The field study method was selected and a researcher-made questionnaire consisted of 42 questions in 8 pedagogical areas including “general agriculture”, “agronomy”, “soil”, “water”, “fertilizers”, “plant nutrition” and “primary and secondary luxury education” was used in which 10,6,4,5,4,7,3,3 items were available respectively. The questionnaire was developed based on Likert five degree spectrum. Descriptive and independent t-test methods were used to compare respondents, viewpoints. Finally, data analysis was done for each area by using LSD follow-up test by SPSS software. The results showed that the greatest educational need for farmers was in the area of aquatic issues in order to get familiar with affective parameters in irrigation quality. The mean was 1.79±1.341 and this type of education was in the first priority. The results also indicated that the lower score rate was in the area of agronomic with an average of 4.38±0.756, and this education was in the last priority. Accordingly, the educational needs for farmers in the region were recommended.