Explaining factors influencing subjective readiness of students to enter agricultural Fields

The main purpose of this study was to explore factors affecting student mentalreadiness to enter to agricultural production field after their graduation. Statisticalpopulation was 440 junior and senior under graduate students and 422 graduate studentsat the University-college of agriculture and Natural resources of Tehran University. Using Cochran formula sample size was consisted of 93 under graduate students and 86graduate students. A stratified proportional sampling method based on the major wasapplied. Results showed that 96. 8 percent of under graduate student and 77. 8 percent of graduate students were urban and 65. 2 percent of under graduate student and 57 percent of graduate students had no direct practical agricultural experience. Given the under graduate student regression analysis three variables including: students attitude toward agriculture profession، social status، students’ perception about the direct efficiency of improving farmers performance and their total average explained 44 percent of the dependent variable students’ mental readiness for entrance in agricultural field. Given master students’ viewpoints، regression analysis showed that two variable including: Students attitude toward agricultural profession social status and students’ perceptionabout the direct efficiency in improving farmers performance were explained 51 percentof dependent variable’s variance.