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Farmers House

Farmers House

Address: 14335/1148 Kordestan Bld. 33rd St. #21, Teheran, Iran 1438993864

Tel: 0098-21-88639061-2 Fax: 0098-21-88003651
Head of Organization:
Dr. Kalantari Issia, Director, Khanehkeshavarz@gmail.com

Type of Organization: Farmer-based organization

Human Resources:

Major Categories of Extension Staff

Secondary school dip.

2-3 yr. Ag diploma

B.Sc. degree

M.Sc. /Ing. Agr. Deg.

Ph.D. degree

Sex

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

Senior Management Staff

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

4

 

2

Subject Matter Specialists (SMS)

 

 

 

 

 1

5

 1

9

 

 4

Field-level Extension Staff

 

7

1

9

3

17

 

 11

 

2 

Information, Communications & Technology  (ICT) Support Staff

 

 

 1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

In-Service Training Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Extension Staff: 81

 

 7

 2

 9

6

24

 1

 24

 

8 

Extension Groups and Activities / Organizational Resources / Support Services

Clientele Served/Targeted: Small-scale subsistence farmers, Small/medium-scale commercial farmers,  Young (adult) farmers, Large commercial farmers, Women farmers, Rural women (nutrition, health, hygiene)

ICT Staff: 3 total, 1 in print and mass media, 2 in computer-based information technology, 20% have Internet access

Use of ICT: Information bulletins and fact sheets (25), Audio-visual education material for use by extension staff (3), Extension materials & publications available on-line (5)

Training Institutions: university, agriculture schools

Transportation Availability: personal car

 

 

Institutional Framework, Linkages and Partnerships

Primary Responsibility for Program Planning: national head office

Primary Linkages: Agricultural Research Organizations, Input Supply Firms, Markets or Exporters, NGOs involved in extension, Banks and micro-credit institutions, Agricultural Universities, Cooperative/Consumer Organizations

Percent of farmers that belong to farmer or producer organizations: 50

Farmer organizations have a role in: Helping set extension priorities, Influencing extension policy, Farmer-to-farmer extension activities, Assessing extension's performance, Specifying extension programs

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