Investigation of Extension mechanisms which is effective on the risk management of wheat Production in Khorasan Razavi Province

The present research in this regard has been done with the aim of identifying and examining the extension mechanisms effective on the risk management of wheat Production in Khorasan Razavi Province. This study is of the survey kind with a population of around 19536 farmers who produce wheat of Khorasan Razavi Province, have been involved in cultivation of water wheat in the agricultural year of 2005-2006, and have done the farming operation under the supervision of experts. From among this population, 400 farmers were selected by using stratified sampling method with proportionate scale and studied. In order to obtain information from interview, questionnaire tool were used and its sustainability was approved by Cronbach's Alpha coefficient. The results of the research showed that the most threatening risks of wheat production according to their priority include natural and economic risks and the most important strategies used against them according to their priority include technological and financial strategies. The results factor analysis showed that in stage identifying wheat production risks, abundant and group mechanisms; in stage assessment of wheat production risks effects, individual and group mechanisms and using indigenous organization; in stage identifying strategies and tools, group mechanisms, designing radio and TV program; in stage appropriate methods of selecting tools and risk management sterategy, individual mechanisms and utilizing indigenous knowledge, and in analyzing decision making process, individual and group mechanisms with emphasis on indigenous knowledge are effective on the management of wheat production risks.