The agricultural extension system in the country is facing challenges and shortcomings due to issues related to the provision of services by the public sector. These challenges highlight the need to review the pattern of agricultural service delivery by the public sector to create the conditions for greater private sector participation. But before entering the process of privatization and huge costs in this sector, it is necessary to identify the existing barriers and in the first step to remove the barriers, then in the second step to implement it to plan and take practical action. The purpose of this study is to identify barriers to privatization of agricultural extension in rural areas of northern Khuzestan Province. Based on the results, it was found that the most important barriers to the implementation of privatization of agricultural extension were economic, social and cultural barriers with an explanatory power of 57% of the changes in the barriers to privatization of agricultural extension in rural areas of northern Khuzestan Province. تفاصيل المقالة

The purpose of the research was identifying and analyzing of indicators and sub-indicators of innovation management in agricultural cooperatives of Khuzestan province, Iran. Causal-comparative research has been used to achieve the research objectives. In this study, the Ex-Post Facto or causal-comparative research method was used to compare the current and favorable situation of agricultural production cooperatives in accordance with the indicators of innovation management in Khuzestan province, Iran. Members of agricultural cooperatives with farming branch in Khuzestan province were 3823 people. the sample size was determined by using Krejcie and Morgan table, (n=349). The sampling method was stratified random sampling method. Statistical analysis of the research was performed using SPSS software version 22. To compare the current and favorable situation of innovation management indicators in agricultural cooperatives, Wilcoxon test was used. Based on the results, all indicators of innovation management, ie innovation creation, innovation organization, innovation planning, financing and creation of innovation facilitation infrastructure, attention to innovation application strategies, innovation research and development, innovative human resource development Dissemination of innovation, organizational developments in the direction of innovation, application of innovation and marketing of new products in the current and favorable situation with a 99% probability had significant difference. تفاصيل المقالة