جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « ارزیابی عملکرد » در نشریات گروه « علوم ترویج »

Satisfaction of users in interaction with the irrigation and drainage network is one of the important concerns of executives and officials in the field of agriculture and water. The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting water users' satisfaction in the area of Varamin irrigation and drainage network using a questionnaire by field-documentary method and random sampling. The statistical population of users and water users under the network coverage and sample size (Cochrane relationship) was determined to be 98 people. It was a questionnaire that the validity of the research tool was completed by completing 30 prototypes, and the reliability was assessed with the opinion of university professors and experts. Education, level of water ownership, positive and significant exploitation system, age, agricultural history and type of cultivation have a negative and significant effect. Receiving water, preventing frequent visits, reducing costs and optimal distribution of water in the covered lands, lack of effective inter-organizational cooperation in land consolidation and obtaining permits, insufficient irrigation and drought information, indicate the level of impact on user satisfaction.

This study aimed to assess performance of the Basirat Development Cooperative Company (BDCC) in Maraveh Tappeh County in Golestan Province.The descriptive-survey research was used. The target populations of the study consisted of 1100 members of BDCC. Using random sampling, 285 of them were selected as research samples. Data gathered through a questionnaire and its face validity was confirmed by experts of extension and cooperation. The reliability analysis was conducted with Cronbach’s alpha method and coefficient was 0.91. Data were analyzed using SPSSwin19 software. The results showed in the social field, Cooperative Company has had a more successful performance in better and stronger relationship between people and the government. In the economics fild, it has had a more successful performance in improving the quality of products in the region (agriculture, horticulture, livestock, etc.) and in the environmental fild; it has had a more successful performance in reducing the untapped use of resources (water, fuel, etc.). The results of the mean comparison showed that older members, who had more income and more agricultural experience and more livestock, assessed the overall performance of the cooperative more successfully. There was also a significant difference between the assessment of cooperative members about the extent to which social, economic and environmental objectives were achieved by the cooperative and they consider the most successful co-operative in the field of social goals and its least success in terms of environmental objectives.

To achieve success, rural cooperatives should know their current conditions, predict their future, and react appropriately to environmental changes. Therefore, they are required to evaluate their performance carefully. In this regard, balanced scorecard technique evaluates the cooperative from four different perspectives including financial, customers, internal process, and learning and growth perspectives as well as their relationships. In this research, the performance of Piraqoum Rural Cooperative in Ardabil province of Iran was evaluated using the balanced scorecard (BSC) technique. The statistical population included all shareholders of the concerned cooperative and its board of directors. The study results indicated that all four perspectives had performed successfully in the studied cooperative, among which the learning and growth perspective with the mean value of 4.77 had the highest rank.

The main purpose of this applied research was to assess and analyze the performance of agricultural cooperatives in Hamedan Province based on combined evaluation model. The research paradigm was mixed method (Qualitative and Quantitative) in some phases. In qualitative part of the research, Delphi technique was used in order to distinguish suitable indexes for assessing successful cooperatives. In this phase, 26 specialists were selected as purposive sampling. In quantitative phase of the research, a survey were used for assessing agricultural cooperatives based on defined indexes in last phase. A questionnaire were used as main tool in this phase. A sample of 86 managers of agricultural cooperatives were selected randomly. Assessing performance of agricultural cooperatives by TOPSIS method showed that for identifying successful agricultural cooperatives, six group of indexes such as economic, social, legal, managerial, educational and individual were needed. Based on TOPSIS results, cooperatives of Hamedan Township was in the first rank. After that, the cooperatives in Bahar and Toyserkan Township have second and third rank. The results also showed that the rank of Townships were different based on different indexes. There was not an appropriate distribution of facilities and opportunities in all Townships of the province.

This study aimed to identify indicators for evaluating the performance of agricultural cooperatives and trying to promote quality and quantity of agricultural cooperatives and recognizing successful agricultural cooperatives. This study was applied research that was based on qualitative methodology. The data were collected in two phases. Reviewed literature and identifying primary indicators included the first step. The second step, for the purpose of finalizing and weighing the indicators a Delphi technique was used. Twenty-six related experts and specialists were the respondents of Delphi phase that were selected by purposeful and snowball sampling methods. The results showed that the most important indicators for the success of cooperatives could be detected in 6 dimentions such as; economic, social, legal, managerial, educational, and individual.The most important parameters were identified such as; employment, profitability, education level of administrators and members, the expertise of managers, members, continuity of co-operative activity and participation and saticfaction of the members pointed out. Factor of importance or weight given to these experts, the indexes are: profitability 89.30, job creation 83.08, education administrators and members 86.20, participation 76.35 and consent of the members 78.27.

The main purpose of this study was to assess the performance of rural cooperatives in Gilan province by the use of balanced score cards. The research design was descriptive and was an appied in nature. The target population included all stakeholders, executive managers and directors of rural cooperatives located in Lahijan and Siahkal Townships in Gilan Province (N=39205). The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire. Validity of the instrument was gained by a panel of experts consisting of faculty members in agricultural management department and Cooperative Organization specialists. Reliability analysis was conducted by using Cronbach’s alpha formula and the result was 0l.81. A balanced score cards model was implemented to examine four dimensions (financial, customers, internal business process, growth and learning) in rural cooperatives. Findings revealed that cooperatives were not in a pretty good condition in terms of financial features. However, it was recommended that in order to improve their performance, cooperatives should seriously consider learning and growth strategy as well as boosting their internal business process features.

This study aims at investigating the factors affecting rural people’s satisfaction with the performance of rural assistance offices in Koonani district of Koohdasht county in the context of management and rural development. It was conducted in a field survey method over the period of the summer 2011. The study seeks answer to the question “how much are the rural people of the Koonani district satisfied with the performance of the rural assistants?”. Statistical society includes 11 villages with active rural assistance offices in the district and with a population of 7443 people, out of which 368 people are selected as a sample size by Cochran formula; and then, the study questionnaires are distributed among them in a proportional assignment and simple random method. Analyzing the collected data through the Wilcoxon statistical tests, T Paired and Logistic Regression shows that the satisfaction of rural people is significantly related with the performance of rural assistance offices at a %99 level in the economic, social and physical- environmental dimensions; moreover, the most amount of influence in their satisfaction with the rural assistants’ performance refers to the economical factor.

In order to increase agricultural water productivity and water use efficiency in agriculture, participatory irrigation management strategy through the formation of the water users associations to engage farmers in water management, has been recommended. Water users associations as an effective and appropriate strategy to increase participation of farmers in agricultural water management are greatly considered. However, transferring responsibility to water users associations without investigation of farmers’ opinion could lead to failure. Therefore, investigating factors affecting water users associations union members’ attitude toward development responsibilities was the main objective of this study. A questionnaire survey method was used in this study. Face validity of the questionnaire was validated by a panel of experts. A pilot study was conducted on 30 cases that were out of research statistical population and Cronbach’s Alpha analysis was calculated by SPSS software to measure reliability by estimating the Alpha coefficients. Those were between 0.72 and 0.87. Farmers who were members of water users associations union of Ordibehesht Canal in Doroodzan district were the research statistical population. 245 of them were selected as sample group by using simple random sampling method. Findings revealed that through four groups of independent variables (individual-attitudinal, social, farming-situational, and economic), age, level of education, household size, attitude toward Regional Water Organization and Local Water Utilization Company, attitudes toward fair relationships in the association, marital status, member’s responsibility in the association, knowledge toward objectives, authority and responsibilities of the association, level of participation in social activities, level of participation in the association activities, amount use of communicational channels and kind of information resources toward water and irrigation, respect to ethical principles among members of the association, kind of association, and income had a significant relationship with attitude toward performance of water users association. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that six variables (attitudes toward Regional Water Organization and Local Water Utilization Company, amount of canal water usage, level of participation in association activities, cultivation area of wintertime crops, level of education, and annual income) could predict about 69.7 percent changes of attitude toward water use association performance. Some recommendations presented to enhance associations’ performance and augment members’ attitude toward water users associations at the end of the article.