Research on Gaoyou Farmers’ Training Demands and the Countermeasures

Human resources is one of the most important factors of modern economic growth,and the main approaches of improving human resource capital are educating and on-job training.The article takes the survey of the farmers' training program in Gaoyou,Jiangsu Province,as an example,which made the researches of:1) the farmers’ demand and their willingness of accepting training;2)the current situation of the farmers’ training;3)the results and evaluation of the training performance;4)the consistency between the supply and the demand of farmers’ training.The conclusions are as follows: 1) the farmers show strong demands in training;2) the training places farmers appreciate more are in towns and countysides,farmers expect to receive a 3 ~ 5 days training at slack farming season.The present main training course is planting and breeding technology,while the farmers' training supply is not consistent with the farmers' training needs in Gaoyou.Based on the conclusions,the countermeasures to enhance the farmers’ willingness of training are proposed: 1)Improving the farmers' recognition of training;2) Strengthening investigation to realize effective coordination between the demands and supply of farmers’ training;3) Prompting competition to exert the initiative of multiple training bodies;4) Consummating institutions to construct a mechanism of stimulating farmers’ training performance.