| Abstract:
In this study the role of cooperatives in improving young graduates' employment majoring in agricultural sciences has been investigated. The statistical population of the study included 600 graduates from Bu-Ali-Sina University in Hamedan. Among them 234 people were systematically selected as samples. The questionnaire was validated for both content and face by a panel of experts. Reliability of the questionnaires was gained through a pilot test process by a number of 25 agricultural graduates, then for calculating reliability coefficient of items in the questionnaire, a Cronbach Alpha test was used by SPSS software. The items were accordingly 91 percent for the questions of characteristics and 79 percent for the questions of affective factors. The results showed that more than 80 percent of the respondent's graduates were not members of any cooperative so far, but 73 percent of them were interested in membership in agricultural related cooperatives. The results also showed the factors such as a comprehensive support by the government, cultural and information contribution, belief and accredit to cooperation, were the most important factors in improving the employment situation of the agricultural graduates. Other factors were self-employment and entrepreneurship, training and advisory work, financial and credit support, and media support respectively.
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