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Training Needs of Wheat Growers whit Respect to Reduce Production Loss

Wheat producers require an assessment of their educational needs in production process. This would help them to improve their technical skills to reduce losses. The main purpose of this study was to assess educational extension needs of wheat producers to reduce wheat waste. This was an expose-facto research using survey method. The population for this research was wheat producers (N= 65636) which were selected throughout the country based on the climatic zones (very cold, warm and dry, mild cold, warm and humid, and mild warm). The target population was 454 which were selected by the Cochran Formula. The results indicated that the lack of technical knowledge of wheat producers during planting season in 17 technical subjects, and during harvesting time 28 fields, and during growing season 3 technical subjects shows farmers had the highest amount of loss. The results also indicated that those farmers who had most wheat loss they felt they need most of training in 6 technical subjects during planting season, and during growing and harvesting season for each 4 technical subjects of need. The results indicated that among selected areas for this research, Marvdashat in Fars province had the highest waste during planting season, while Torbate-Heidaryeh from Khorasan province had the lowest waste. However, the Shooshtar from Khozestan province had highest and the Gonbad-Kavoos from Golestan province had the lowest loss during harvesting season.