University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 44 4 2013 12 22 Pathology of Agricultural Graduates' Unemployment: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Pathology of Agricultural Graduates' Unemployment: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis 679 692 50974 10.22059/ijaedr.2013.50974 FA Reza Movahedi Assistant Professors, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Bu-Ali- Sina University of Hamedan, Iran 0000-0001-5210-028X Heshmatollah Saadi Assistant Professors, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Bu-Ali- Sina University of Hamedan, Iran 0000-0002-7684-5582 Sima Akbari M.Sc. Students, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Bu- Ali- Sina University of Hamedan, Iran Minoo Azizi M.Sc. Students, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Bu- Ali- Sina University of Hamedan, Iran Journal Article 2012 04 28 The purpose of this study was to identify challenges and problems of agricultural graduates' unemployment as well as to find available solutions for this problem. Required information has been collected through quantitative-qualitative methodologies using both questionnaire and interview tools. The validity of the questionnaire was verified by professors majoring in agriculture. Reliability of the questionnaire was also calculated by using Cronbach's Alpha test and it was 0.91(α=0.91).data analysis in quantitative part was done by a factor analysis method and a key words in context (KWIC) method of content analysis was utilized for qualitative section. Results showed that injuries from agricultural graduates' unemployment can be divided into seven factors. They were injuries from government, labor market, agricultural education system, agricultural professors, teaching and learning, agricultural students, and inadequate information and advisory works for agricultural graduates. Some solutions about improving agricultural graduates' unemployment presented such as emphasis on practical and applied agricultural practices, improvement in teaching quality of agricultural professors, reinforcement of different students' activities, investment and supportive policies for agriculture sector, and labor market collaboration to engage agricultural graduates. The purpose of this study was to identify challenges and problems of agricultural graduates' unemployment as well as to find available solutions for this problem. Required information has been collected through quantitative-qualitative methodologies using both questionnaire and interview tools. The validity of the questionnaire was verified by professors majoring in agriculture. Reliability of the questionnaire was also calculated by using Cronbach's Alpha test and it was 0.91(α=0.91).data analysis in quantitative part was done by a factor analysis method and a key words in context (KWIC) method of content analysis was utilized for qualitative section. Results showed that injuries from agricultural graduates' unemployment can be divided into seven factors. They were injuries from government, labor market, agricultural education system, agricultural professors, teaching and learning, agricultural students, and inadequate information and advisory works for agricultural graduates. Some solutions about improving agricultural graduates' unemployment presented such as emphasis on practical and applied agricultural practices, improvement in teaching quality of agricultural professors, reinforcement of different students' activities, investment and supportive policies for agriculture sector, and labor market collaboration to engage agricultural graduates. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_50974_c16e0a90a03d9c8f0ddcfc2ac3d3cd48.pdf