Agricultural Extension and Education
Parisa Najafloo; Enayat Abbasi; Homayon Farhadian
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting grape producer's information seeking behavior in the Zanjan province. The research was a descriptive and correlational study that was conducted by using a survey method. The statistical population consisted of all grape producers ...
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting grape producer's information seeking behavior in the Zanjan province. The research was a descriptive and correlational study that was conducted by using a survey method. The statistical population consisted of all grape producers in 2014 cropping seasons (N =32871) in the Zanjan province. Using Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) sample-size Tale, 379 grape producers were selected as the sample population (n =379). The samples were selected through convenience sampling method. Data were collected by using a questionnaire, which was validated by a panel of agricultural extension and education and horticulture experts and the reliability was gained through a pilot test with Cronbach's alpha coefficient between 0.73 and 0.86. The data were analyzed by using the SPSS software. The results of the research showed that about 80 percent of farmers had weak to moderate information seeking behavior. Among the cities, Khoramdeh had the highest percentage of grape producers in the moderate seeking behavior cluster and the other cities had the highest percentage of grape producers in the low seeking behavior clusters. Although the grape producers in different clusters had a high level of access to the agricultural management experts, this information source was not one of the highly usable sources. In contrast, family members and other farmers play an important role in meeting their information needs. Grape producers in different clusters of information seeking behavior had different individual, professional and management characteristics
Rural Development
Mahdi Babaeian; Abolfazl Tavassoli; Mahdi Javaheri; Mostafa Jafarian
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Investigating of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions is one of the methods to compare energy efficiency, production efficiency and environmental hazards of agroecosystems. This study investigates the patterns of energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential of dryland ...
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Investigating of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions is one of the methods to compare energy efficiency, production efficiency and environmental hazards of agroecosystems. This study investigates the patterns of energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential of dryland chickpea production in rural areas of Qoshkhaneh region of Shirvan city. Data for this experiment were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire. Farms were selected by random sampling. In this study, energy inputs included: labor, machinery, diesel, chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides and seeds, and the study output was grain yield and shoot yield (straw). The results showed that the average labor used per hectare of dryland chickpea farms in rural areas of North Khorasan was 21 people, nitrogen fertilizer 50 and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers 70 kg/ha, as well as diesel fuel consumption of 35 liters and the use of machinery 8 h/ha. Evaluation of energy consumption showed that among the inputs, nitrogen fertilizer with 3307 MJ/ha accounted for 40.06% of the total energy input and diesel fuel with 1970.85 MJ/ha, Consumed 23.23% of the total input energy. labor and seeds also had the lowest share of energy inputs with 0.49 and 1.87 percent, respectively. Total energy consumption efficiency (chickpea + straw) was 1.91, energy productivity was 0.08 kg/MJ and specific energy was 12.32 MJ/kg. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions was 399.20 kg/ha, the share of CO2 was 398.60, the share of N2O and CH4 was 0.02 and 0.57 kg/ha respectively. Global warming production potential per hectare of dryland chickpeas in North Khorasan Province was 419.13 kg CO2 equivalence. In general, the results showed that dryland chickpea fields have low energy consumption due to dependence on rainwater and lack of electricity consumption, as well as low consumption of chemical fertilizers. The most important strategies to reduce energy consumption in the production of dryland chickpeas is the use of appropriate crop rotation to reduce the use of herbicides and chemical fertilizers and also to observe the rules of farm traffic to reduce the movement of agricultural implements on farms.
Economics
mohammad Mowlaei; Zohre Rahimi Rad
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Poverty is an undesirable economic and social phenomenon and one of the important causes of poverty is unfair distribution of income amongst the people. The governments should adopt suitable policies for eradication of poverty in the society. In this study, the poverty line of Iran's rural households ...
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Poverty is an undesirable economic and social phenomenon and one of the important causes of poverty is unfair distribution of income amongst the people. The governments should adopt suitable policies for eradication of poverty in the society. In this study, the poverty line of Iran's rural households is estimated by the theory of relative habit of formation of linear expenditure system (RHLES) and by using data of household's expenditure for 8 commodity groups over the periods of 1989-2013. Then, the position of poverty in rural regions is calculated by the indicators of headcount ratio, poverty gap and Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (FGT). The results of the study show that although the poverty line (minimum subsistence quantity) in Iran's rural households has had an average growth of about 21.3 percent, the value of poverty indices are reduced during the five economic development plans. Thus, we may conclude that the government policies for the reduction of relative poverty in rural regions have been successful.
Geography and plan
Fatemeh Eshaghi Milasi; Beytollah Mahmoudi
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In achieving sustainable livelihoods in rural areas, the need for accurate and complete identification of factors affecting the process of formation and development of rural areas is necessary. In this regard, identification and evaluation of criteria and indicators of sustainable rural livelihoods can ...
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In achieving sustainable livelihoods in rural areas, the need for accurate and complete identification of factors affecting the process of formation and development of rural areas is necessary. In this regard, identification and evaluation of criteria and indicators of sustainable rural livelihoods can be promising. In this study, it has been tried to identify and evaluate the criteria and indicators of rural sustainable livelihood in the country through a comprehensive review of the library resources and existing records. For this purpose, factors influencing rural sustainable livelihood were formulated in the form of a group of criteria, and indicators for each criterion. In the next step by using the Delphi method and using normalized importance coefficient, the indices were screened. Based on the results, the economic criterion group with the highest Normalized Importance coefficient (0.338) was identified as the most important criterion group. Two income and cost and water resources criteria with normalized importance coefficient 0.720 and 0.070 are more important than the other criteria, and then the employment and health of the society criteria are at the next levels. Among the indicators of sustainable livelihoods, household income index is ranked first with the normalized importance coefficient 0.0084. And two indicators of assets and household expenses are ranked second with the same importance coefficient (0.0081).
Agricultural Extension and Education
zakaria mohammadi tamari; mostafa ahmadvand
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The aim of this study was to investigate the current situation of social forestry in villages of Margon district in Boyer-Ahmad County. For data collection, were used two groups that consist of 15 forestry experts that they were selected with census and target sampling and 25 rural people that they were ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the current situation of social forestry in villages of Margon district in Boyer-Ahmad County. For data collection, were used two groups that consist of 15 forestry experts that they were selected with census and target sampling and 25 rural people that they were selected with snowball sampling. For preparation of study instrument, the first, was acted out by focusing group interview with experts and exploratory interview with rural people and SWOT protocol in format of open-ended questions with them and according to that, 35 structured and unit Likret’s questionnaire prepared for two groups. Due to analyze of collected data, was used SPSS20 and Excel2010. Findings revealed that the main strengths of social forestry was various forest development projects such as Toba, and the other, groundwork for development of marginal activities such as beekeeping, fisheries and against, a key weakness was lack of funding and credits for developing social forestry. Furthermore, establishing an educational-scientific station with the aim at regenerating scion and developing ecotourism were the most valuable opportunity in the study area and in contrast, the lack of governmental management, monitoring and planning and illegal occupation of forest land, were the biggest threats in forestry villages of Margon district. Findings also showed that the social forestry in the area was in undesirable condition. Finally, due to improving social forestry in the study villages, the first implementing diverse strategy was recommended.
Rural Development
Fatemeh Gholizadeh; Mohammad Kavoosi Kalashami
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Rural tourism development can bring opportunities to rural communities such as economic growth, socio-cultural development, quality of life improvement and preservation of natural, cultural and environmental resources. So, identifying talented villages and planning for tourism development in these areas ...
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Rural tourism development can bring opportunities to rural communities such as economic growth, socio-cultural development, quality of life improvement and preservation of natural, cultural and environmental resources. So, identifying talented villages and planning for tourism development in these areas is essential. In this study, villages with tourism attractions in Lahijan County of Guilan province were studied and ranked based on 30 indices in eight general categories using information collected from management and planning organization of Guilan Province in 2018. In order to determine the weights of the understudy indices, the views of 10 experts, were analyzed using analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. Then, in order to prioritize the 10 selected villages of Lahijan County, additive ratio assessment, weighted aggregated sum product assessment and combined compromise solution, were used. The results of the criteria weighting showed that the criteria of natural features of the village and the economic criteria had the highest and the lowest importance, respectively. The results of three ranking methods showed that Sheikhanvar village with the tourism attractions of Sheikh-Zahed Guilani tomb and Sheikhanvar cave ranked first among all other villages. Development of tourism infrastructures in tourism target villages of Lahijan County based on the priority presented in this study can improve the tourism sector's contribution to the economy of Lahijan County.
Rural Development
Sadegh Asghari Lafmejani; mahdi masoumi; nasrin norouzi
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Handicraft products can may way for more income in rural areas. Given the importance of handicraft products in the livelihood of rural households in Iranshahr County, the aim of this study was to investigate the constraints the rural women experience in producing handicrafts in the villages of this county. ...
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Handicraft products can may way for more income in rural areas. Given the importance of handicraft products in the livelihood of rural households in Iranshahr County, the aim of this study was to investigate the constraints the rural women experience in producing handicrafts in the villages of this county. This research was conducted in a descriptive and causal-comparative methods. To achieve the desired goals, in addition to document analysis and initial field visits, a wide range of indicators were introduced. Then, according to the research indicators, household questionnaires were prepared to collect the essential data on the households making handicrafts. The population of the study included all craftswomen active in the production of handicrafts living in villages with more than 50 households in Iranshahr County. As 9008 households live in these villages, using the Cochran's formula (with a margin of error equal to 0.05), 376 households as the sample size were calculated; the sample households were selected in a simple random sampling method in proportion to frequency of households living in the sample villages. The research questionnaires were completed by craftswomen or girls involved in handicraft production in the sample households. For data analysis, FAHP and GRA software and statistical tests in SPSS were used. Findings confirm that economic barriers with a mean of 3.24 are the most important constraints on the handicraft producers in the villages of Iranshahr County, as the severity of economic, social and institutional constraints were 74.2, 12.8 and 22.8, respectively among the households which ranked as severe or very severe. The results of GRA showed that the study villages have a completely different situation in severity of the constraints on craftswomen. According to the research results, it is suggested to establish and strengthen cooperatives and private companies to support the production and marketing of handicraft products and remove the constraints craftswomen face in the production of handicrafts.
Geography and plan
Maryam Bhyarfard; Mohammad Taghi Dastorani; Ali Akbar Anabestani
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Natural hazards such as floods are one of the most damaging phenomena that require more attention. Villages exposed to flooding, such as Zoshk, should be more stable in order to minimize possible flood risks and damages. One of the pivotal strategies currently under consideration for mitigating flood ...
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Natural hazards such as floods are one of the most damaging phenomena that require more attention. Villages exposed to flooding, such as Zoshk, should be more stable in order to minimize possible flood risks and damages. One of the pivotal strategies currently under consideration for mitigating flood damages is enhancing the resilience of communities, a focus that has been thoroughly assessed in this research. The research method is descriptive-analytical "survey" and the statistical population is 728 households living in Zoshk village. According to the number of 728 households in Zoshk villages, the sample size was estimated to be 102, using Cochran's formula, therefore the number of 102 questionnaires were prepared in the form of a 5-point Likert scale. questionnaires, the overall resilience of the Data analysis was carried out using Excel and SPSS software. To determine the level of normality of the data, skewness and kurtosis tests were used, and to answer the research hypothesis, one-sample t-test was used. The results of the research showed that the resilience of Zoshk village is average according to the opinion of the majority of the residents of the region and in between, the infrastructural, institutional and organizational dimensions, and economic, varies from the average and the amount of these dimensions are less than the average, means they are in an unfavorable situation. The dimension of social resilience is higher than the average and has a favorable condition.
Agri Eco.
mohammad reza bakhshi; sayyed homayoun farhangfar; pouyan malekinejad
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Analysis of technical efficiency of broiler production farms is necessary for optimal and economical use of available resources. The aim of this study was to measure and compare the technical efficiency of broiler production farms in Birjand and Darmian counties. The sample size was determined using ...
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Analysis of technical efficiency of broiler production farms is necessary for optimal and economical use of available resources. The aim of this study was to measure and compare the technical efficiency of broiler production farms in Birjand and Darmian counties. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula and the required data collected by completing a questionnaire from 201 active meat poultry units in Birjand and Darmian counties by random sampling method. Comprehensive Data Analysis (DEA) method used to analyze the data. The results showed that the average technical efficiency of poultry farmers in Birjand and Darmian counties was 93 and 88%, respectively, assuming a fixed return to the scale, and 95 and 93%, respectively, assuming variable returns to the scale, which is a statistically significant difference(p<0/05). Also, the capacity to improve production and efficiency in poultry farms in Darmian county is more than Birjand county and is estimated to be 11.7 and 7%, respectively. The average scale efficiency and technical efficiency (in both fixed and variable returns) of poultry units in Birjand county is more than Darmian county, which on the one hand indicates better management of resource use in poultry units of Birjand and on the other hand shows the potential to increase production and efficiency of poultry units in darmian. Therefore, without changing the production technology and by promoting technical and managerial factors from the most efficient poultry units to low efficiency poultry units, the gap between broiler poultry units in Darmian and Birjand can be reduced.
Agricultural Extension and Education
Somayeh shahbazi; Aliasghar mirakzadeh; Amirhossein alibaygi
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Social health is essential in the social development of rural folks, especially rural women, in the welfare and promotion of their social and human capital. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of social health and its challenges from the perspective of rural women in the Kermanshah province. ...
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Social health is essential in the social development of rural folks, especially rural women, in the welfare and promotion of their social and human capital. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of social health and its challenges from the perspective of rural women in the Kermanshah province. The research method used is descriptive-survey based on documentary and field method (using a questionnaire tool). The statistical population consisted of rural women in the Ghalaeshahin district in the province of Kermanshah (5561 people). 209 such women were selected according to Bartlett et al. Chart by two-stage cluster sampling. The results showed that most of the subjects studied had a moderate level of social health, communication skills and social support. Among the variables studied in the research, watching TV, active recreation, communication skills and social support with social health of rural women had a significant relationship. Finally, 49 percent of the variance was for the variables of active recreation, watching television and communication skills. In order to identify social health challenges, exploratory factor analysis was used and finally the five challenges namely economic, cultural, individual, institutional and management were determined. The most important challenge was the economic challenge that covered 13.43 percent of the total variance. Since communication skills and social health of rural women is moderate, we recommend that social health centers of welfare organization, national youth organizations and or rural extension agents as a social worker, with the participation of rural women to develop the educational content of communication skills and social health promotion.
Agri Eco.
hossein ebadipour; mahmoud ahmadpour
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Abstract The quantity of the received calories by families is one of the important debates in public and development economic context. This is an attractive subject for government officials and policy makers in different countries. In the current paper, the impacts of households' income shocks, price ...
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Abstract The quantity of the received calories by families is one of the important debates in public and development economic context. This is an attractive subject for government officials and policy makers in different countries. In the current paper, the impacts of households' income shocks, price and food commodity subsidies on the quantity of the received amount of calories in the rural parts of Iran are studied. For this purpose, we used time series data of 1961-2011 in the vector auto-regressive (VAR) model. The results indicated that the impact period of the applied shock on the quantity of paid subsidies to agricultural sector is shorter than the period of price and income shocks. Besides, the most sensitivity of calorie demand is related to the income factor. According to the research findings, we can conclude that for creating food security, we should create economic stability in the market and consider the final effect of changes in nutrition pattern when determining the policies regarding market regulation, subsidies and taxation regardless of income growth that affect rural households and will have a serious negative impact on calories.
Env
Sadegh Salehi; Fatemeh Ebrahimkhani
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Water issues have become one of the key issues in the Iranian environment. in Iran, nevertheless water scarcity, The water consumption is beyond international standards and highest level of water loss is in the agricultural sector. Such as solutions for the efficient use and more effective water is coping ...
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Water issues have become one of the key issues in the Iranian environment. in Iran, nevertheless water scarcity, The water consumption is beyond international standards and highest level of water loss is in the agricultural sector. Such as solutions for the efficient use and more effective water is coping strategies. The success of these strategies, depends on the behavior of farmers as actors. The present research studies the social backgrounds in groundwater conservation policies. The sample was composed of 120 farm-owners of water rights in the central part of Qazvin Plain. For this study, the survey method was used and the instrument to collect the data was questionnaire with several parts of the assessment. The results of this study indicate that participation in the groundwater resource conservation strategies in farmers requires the existence of a social context. This depends on the type of intergroup and outsourcing of farmers. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between social capital with the surveyed farmers. The research ended up with explaining about possible reasons of farmers’ different level of support and some suggestions were for futures studies.
Rural Development
Karim Mohammadi; Mahnaz Mohammadzadeh Nasirabadi; Tahereh Sharghi
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Tourism is one of the most important activities that have played a special role in the economic development of some countries in recent decades. The expansion of tourism can lead to a fair distribution of income at the national level, especially in the countryside. This can also somewhat contribute to ...
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Tourism is one of the most important activities that have played a special role in the economic development of some countries in recent decades. The expansion of tourism can lead to a fair distribution of income at the national level, especially in the countryside. This can also somewhat contribute to sustainable development in all parts of the country by filling the development gap between different regions of the country (especially in the villages). The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting sustainable development of rural tourism in the Zorabad village in the eastern Alamut district of Qazvin. The statistical population of this study consists of 400 rural tourism activists. 112 individuals were selected using Cochran statistic and random sampling. In the present study, the main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire whose face validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.89). According to the results, five factors of rural potential, public participation, employment development, and governmental, cultural and social support for sustainable tourism development were identified.
Geography and plan
Adel Sulaimany; Hasan Afrakhteh; Rafat Sulaimany
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Determination and identification of areas with economic potential, particularly in the production and processing of agricultural products and targeted investments in rural, urban and regional planning, is one of the important issues and it has a critical role in increasing employment, income, rural productivity ...
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Determination and identification of areas with economic potential, particularly in the production and processing of agricultural products and targeted investments in rural, urban and regional planning, is one of the important issues and it has a critical role in increasing employment, income, rural productivity and improve livelihood of this country. In this context, the aim of this study is to establish priority locations for processing agricultural cooperatives in rural areas of the West provinces (i.e. Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Ilam, Lorestan and Hamedan) by using TOPSIS. For this purpose, the availability of raw materials were selected as one of the most important factors affecting the establishment of cooperatives in rural areas of the West of the Country, and it was used to determine the weights while studying the literature by using the snowball sampling method. For this purpose, eleven instructor and experts from the industries in charge of agricultural products processing were selected and their comments were used. The results showed that based on the availability of raw materials to industries, rural areas of Kermanshah and Hamadan had the highest level of TOPSIS method based cooperatives and the rural areas in the provinces of Lorestan, Kurdistan, and Ilam was ranked third to the fifth.
Rural Development
Mohadeseh Tavakoli
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The privatization process is an approach to the gradual access to a market mechanism whereby Countries with interventionist governments transfer part of ownership to individuals sector. In this study, factors affecting individuals motivation for companeis privatization and their sub-factors interpretation ...
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The privatization process is an approach to the gradual access to a market mechanism whereby Countries with interventionist governments transfer part of ownership to individuals sector. In this study, factors affecting individuals motivation for companeis privatization and their sub-factors interpretation were investigated using Logit model. The required data were collected from the study through 250 questionnaires with Cokran formula and in-person interviews with public and private sector employers and graduates in Torbat Heydariyeh city in 2019 using the classified random method. The results showed that creating competitiveness and increasing applied training are the factors effecting privatization from the viewpoint of public sector employers. Increasing applied training, improving leadership style and increasing motivation in employers are factors effecting privatization from the perspective of private sector employers, and creating competitiveness, creativity and applied training have a significant effect from the perspective of graduates. Also, regarding the study of the factors affecting applied education from the perspective of public and private sector employees, learner motivation and readiness, efficiency and effectiveness of courses and the order and regulations of courses have a positive and significant effect. Given the importance of the role of applied education in motivating the privatization of rural cooperatives, it is suggested by creating incentives, the necessary motivation and preparation for learning is created in the employees and quality and orderly privatization training courses are held for the employees of cooperative companies.
Agri Eco.
Toktam Mohtashami
Abstract
Due to its potentials and facilities, the silk industry can be developed in various ways and play a strategic role in rural development. This study aims to provide strategies for the development of the silk industry in the country in order to enable development, especially in the rural sector. To this ...
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Due to its potentials and facilities, the silk industry can be developed in various ways and play a strategic role in rural development. This study aims to provide strategies for the development of the silk industry in the country in order to enable development, especially in the rural sector. To this end, first, using literature and interviewing experts in this field, 12 external points and 11 internal points were identified and prioritized. Then, based on a strategic model (TOWS), the development strategies of this industry were determined. The statistical population of this research is 36 specialists and experts familiar with the internal and external operations and environment of this industry and all the collected information has been obtained through the consensus of expert judgments. The results showed that the strategy of reconstruction and strengthening the integration of weaving in the silk value chain is selected as the best strategy. Based on these findings, suggestions are made that can provide a roadmap for policy makers to develop the silk industry and strengthen its competitiveness.
Agricultural Extension and Education
javad ghasemi; hasan alipour; Neda Alizadeh
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The linkage between research and extension has always been considered as one of the most important and challenging issues in agricultural innovation systems. After the implementation of the agricultural extension new system, the linkage between these two sectors was considered as an important component. ...
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The linkage between research and extension has always been considered as one of the most important and challenging issues in agricultural innovation systems. After the implementation of the agricultural extension new system, the linkage between these two sectors was considered as an important component. The main purpose of this survey research (which was done in 2021-2022) was to analyzing effective linkage mechanisms between research and extension in the agricultural extension new system in Iran. The statistical population of the study consisted of extension agents (N= 1113) in Alborz, Fars, Sistan & Baluchestan and Lorestan Provinces, out of whom 291 extension agents determined as sample using Krejcie and Morgan sampling table and proportionate stratified sampling technique. Data were collected through a questionnaire, validity of which was approved by a panel of experts and construct validity (AVE Index). Reliability of the questionnaire was approved by calculating the Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability (CR). The collected data were analyzed by SPSS22 and Smart PLS3 software. Results of prioritizing effective linkage mechanisms between research and extension indicated that "motivation" and "monitoring and evaluation" mechanisms, respectively, with the average of 3.85 and 3.80 were in the highest ranks and "structural-functional" and "participatory" mechanisms, respectively, with the average of 3.66 and 3.67 were in the lowest ranks. In addition, the results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that these mechanisms had eight components (i.e. motivation, participation, infrastructure-support, legal-policy, structural-functional, monitoring - evaluation, communication and training-empowerment), that “motivation” and “communication” components had the highest and lowest values of standard coefficient (0.964 and 0.786). Accordingly, it is recommended to improve the linkage between research and extension through: motivation, participation in the multilevel planning process, using the capacities of the non-governmental sector, training and empowerment programs, structural reforms, providing the necessary facilities and infrastructure and use of information and communication technology.
Geography and plan
Yaghoub Esfaram; Hasan Estehkam; Maryam Shamanyan; Reza Asadi
Abstract
In the last few decades, the concept of quality of life as one of the most fundamental development concepts that addresses the evaluation of individual and community’s well-being has attracted the scholars, the planners and the governments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the effects ...
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In the last few decades, the concept of quality of life as one of the most fundamental development concepts that addresses the evaluation of individual and community’s well-being has attracted the scholars, the planners and the governments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the effects of the market orientation on the components of the quality of life in the Piran rural district. The method of this research is descriptive-analytic based on field data. The statistical population in this research is the villages of the Piran village which are subject to the central district of Piranshahr. The method of selecting villages in this research was based on their distance from the border market. The villages were divided into three categories according to their distance to the border market. Three villages were selected from each category. In order to complete the questionnaires, fifteen heads of households were considered equally in each village. A total of 135 questionnaires were completed by the samples. The findings showed that based on the views of the studied community, the quality of education, the quality of leisure time, the quality of health, and hygiene are all lower than the average. The border market did not have any impact on the improvement of these components of quality of life. The quality of infrastructure, employment and income, and the quality of the residential environment are moderately evaluated, suggesting that the border market has somewhat affected these components. Moreover, the results indicate that the village of Shin Abad is the highest and Badabad village has the lowest quality of life.
Env
Iman Haghiyan; Golam Ali Heshmati; hossein Barani; jamshid Ghorbani; Godrat Heydari
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The ability of rural and nomadic communities of Iran to survive has long been dependent upon rangelands. Climatic, ethnic and tribal diversity has led to traditional rangeland-based husbandry systems that have their own calendar and animal husbandry methods in different regions of Iran. In this study ...
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The ability of rural and nomadic communities of Iran to survive has long been dependent upon rangelands. Climatic, ethnic and tribal diversity has led to traditional rangeland-based husbandry systems that have their own calendar and animal husbandry methods in different regions of Iran. In this study surveying husbandry regime and financial balance of traditional rangeland-based husbandry systems were carried out in Baladeh-Nour (part of Central Alborz rangelands). After the initial assessment, three herders who were representative cases were identified within certain rangelands (Davilat, Chell & Baladeh). Monitoring their activities of animal husbandry and financial balance analysis was carried out in a period of one year. Field survey was done from April 2012 to April 2013. The researcher was involved in rangeland areas at intervals of 15 days and all of the details of livestock and husbandry activities were recorded. The results showed that in this area traditional husbandry system has 5 different work seasons in each year. For financial balance of traditional husbandry systems, all of the costs and revenues were calculated during the year. The results showed that considering the financial value of the lambs, there was a daily net profit of 707460 Rials in Davilat, 696400 Rials in Chell and 814220 Rials in Baladeh had daily net profit. Eventually, it was important in this research to learn more about traditional husbandry in rural communities to increase the efficiency of livestock husbandry, to maintain active labor in rural communities and to prevent rural migration to cities.
Agricultural Extension and Education
Somayeh Amrikochomi; SHahla CHoobchian; Hasan Sadighi
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Agriculture and its related activities have characteristics that make them vulnerable to multiple and unpredictable risks and damages that could cause extensive problems. Risk management is of great importance and a risk management tool in agriculture is agricultural product insurance. , Insurance is ...
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Agriculture and its related activities have characteristics that make them vulnerable to multiple and unpredictable risks and damages that could cause extensive problems. Risk management is of great importance and a risk management tool in agriculture is agricultural product insurance. , Insurance is the best mechanism to solve the many problems of farmers. The aim of this study is "Analysis of factors affecting the development of horticulture products insurance (palm and orange) in the south Kerman province". Data were collected by questionnaire and the statistical population included 2022 of gardeners of south Kerman (Jiroft city and Kahnooj). The sample size was 324 people and the convenience sampling technique was used to select samples for the research. The questionnaire’s reliability through Cronbach's alpha was obtained. Linear regression analysis showed that among the studied variables, four factors including economic factor, knowledge, attitude towards horticulture products insurance and the risk taking of the farmers, had the greatest impact on the horticulture products insurance, totally 54 percent of the dependent variable was explained. Given that, economic factor is known as the most important factor in the development of horticultural crops insurance. It is suggested that the amount of compensation to horticultural products be revised and specified compensation in the contract be paid on time to the farmers. Also, according to field observations, it should be mentioned that most of the farmers were unaware of agricultural loans. Therefore, in order to further increase the awareness of farmers in this area, immediate actions should be taken and governments can play a significant role in this respect. collectively 54 percent of the dependent variable was explained. Given that, economic factor known as the most important factor in the development of horticultural crops insurance, it is suggested that the amount of compensation to horticultural products be revised and specified compensation in the contract be payed on time to the farmers.
Env
Hadi Aazami; Seyed Mohamad Hossein Hosseini; Vahid Sadeghi
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Mamsani has undergone profound political and administrative changes at the crossroads of history. These developments have taken place in a primitive context and based on the identifiers of tribal culture. One of Mamsani's settlements is the Gachgaran village, which is considered to be the home of the ...
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Mamsani has undergone profound political and administrative changes at the crossroads of history. These developments have taken place in a primitive context and based on the identifiers of tribal culture. One of Mamsani's settlements is the Gachgaran village, which is considered to be the home of the Gachgaran people. The political activism of the residents of this settlement is not only separate from other Memsani settlements, but is formed in a tribal context. With this approach, the question is raised, what is the role of tribalism as a historical phenomenon in the political participation and local management of Gachgaran village in the central part of Mamsani? It seems that the tribal culture has played a role in the political participation and local management of Gachgaran village through the institutionalization of the traditional ethnic/kinship model and the intensification of the excitement of the residents. The research method is descriptive-analytical. Among the indicators of tribal culture as an independent variable are: local-tribal emotions, habitat loyalty, nepotism, limited demands of individuals and groups and hometown rivalry. Among the indicators of political participation as a dependent variable are: the special work of the representatives, the election of the Islamic Council, the Dispute Resolution Council and the Village Islamic Council. In this regard, the performance index of the village assistant is considered as another dependent variable for local management. The data were collected by library/documentary (statistics) and field (observation and interview) method. The output of the research shows that tribal culture, by producing ethnic/kinship tendencies and intensifying excitement and emotions, plays an effective role in increasing the political participation of village residents in political moments such as political gatherings in the context of history, the elections of the Islamic Council Parliament and The Village Islamic Council. On the other hand, the selection of local managers in Village Association, House of Justice and army of Science after the land reforms and village governor after the Islamic Revolution based on kinship/tribal considerations and not on the basis of expertise/merit-oriented has fueled the inefficiency of local management in Gachgaran village.
Geography and plan
babak ejtemaei; Ali Shakoor; Ali Shojaeifard
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The appearance of rural settlements has been based on natural factors such as soil and water. Natural factors have a decisive effect on location, dispersion, range of influence, physical development, morphology, and the like, and these factors sometimes act as a positive factor and sometimes as a negative ...
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The appearance of rural settlements has been based on natural factors such as soil and water. Natural factors have a decisive effect on location, dispersion, range of influence, physical development, morphology, and the like, and these factors sometimes act as a positive factor and sometimes as a negative factor. The purpose of this study is the status of rural settlements in Firoozabad city in relation to natural factors. The statistical population includes rural settlements of Firoozabad city. This city has two parts and 5 rural districts. The method studied in this research is the fuzzy TOPSIS method, which is one of the best decision-making methods based on fuzzy variables. The information used includes altitude, slope, direction, climate, vegetation, soil, erosion, land use, which have been analyzed in GIS environment. Findings show that the central part with the most villages has the weakest performance compared to natural factors and Ahmadabad rural district is in the first place with 95% The second part of the city is related to a part of Meymand that has performed better in terms of natural factors so that most of the villages in the city are in a better condition in this part. In general, rural settlements in the north and northwest of Firoozabad are in a better situation. While the situation of rural settlements in the southern and central parts of the city is unsuitable. Be in an awkward position. Therefore, it demands that the potential and capacity of rural settlements in the city be well studied and in proportion to the existing talents in the region, to introduce, plan and implement alternative livelihood programs for the agro-livestock economy that is currently and has destroyed this situation.
Rural Development
Sara Ranjbar; Hossein Mehdizadeh; Nematollah Shiri
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This study aimed to identify the effects of olive cultivation on sustainable rural development (SRD) in the city of Rijab, located in Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. The study population in the qualitative part included the outstanding and leading farmers, the experts of the Agricultural Jihad ...
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This study aimed to identify the effects of olive cultivation on sustainable rural development (SRD) in the city of Rijab, located in Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. The study population in the qualitative part included the outstanding and leading farmers, the experts of the Agricultural Jihad Organization, and the specialists in the research subject in the city of Rijab. These study samples were thus selected purposively, via the snowball sampling technique. The statistical population of the study in the quantitative part was comprised of 370 olive farmers in the city of Rijab and seven affiliated villages (in 2021 year), that 209 of thom selected using proportional stratified random sampling (based on the size of each village). The data collection tool in the qualitative part was individual semi-structured interviews along with group discussions. In the quantitative part, a questionnaire was administered for data collection. Directed content analysis was further utilized to identify the effects and consequences of olive cultivation on SRD in the city of Rijab. Then, statistical methods and confirmatory factor analysis, based on the SPSS and PLS software packages, were employed to prioritize the given effects and consequences. The study findings identified the effects of olive cultivation on SRD in three main factors, viz. social, economic, and environmental. Moreover, a total of 17 strategies were established for developing olive cultivation in the rural areas of the city of Rijab. Other findings demonstrated that (1) increasing tendency to remain in the agricultural sector; (2) improving social welfare among farmers' households; and (3) augmenting the value and status of agribusinesses were among the most important social effects of olive cultivation on SRD. Besides, (1) achieving stable, permanent income; (2) boosting seasonal employment rates among indigenous people, and (3) improving the value of agricultural lands in the region, were the major economic effects of olive cultivation on SRD. Finally, the study results indicated that (1) preventing water and wind erosion in agricultural lands, (2) managing soil salinity, and (3) improving the climate in the region were the most significant environmental effects of olive cultivation on SRD.
Rural Development
Yousef Darvishi; mahdi sadeghiha; Hassan Vahdani charzekhon
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The physical-spatial system, as one of the subsystems of the rural area, changes under the influence of a number of internal factors and its external environment. Among the external environmental factors, cities and the nature of their spatial interaction with rural areas are one of the most important ...
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The physical-spatial system, as one of the subsystems of the rural area, changes under the influence of a number of internal factors and its external environment. Among the external environmental factors, cities and the nature of their spatial interaction with rural areas are one of the most important factors that influence the development of the village and especially the physical-spatial system. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to investigate the physical-spatial changes in the villages on the outskirts of Kalaleh. The research method is descriptive and analytical. In this study, based on the research objectives, the study of land use changes in the study area was conducted using Landsat satellite images (4, 5 and 8) for 2000 and 2020. The used false color images of OLI sensor were referred to the panchromatic band with 20 ground control points and considering the corresponding RMSe (0.28) of the ground. Then, the images of the sensors MSS and TM were referenced by the image-to-image method with RMSe less than 0.5 soil. In this study, supervised classification and maximum similarity algorithm were used to monitor land cover changes. The results of the land use change detection method and the study of the growth of villages in the outskirts of Kalaleh during these years show that the physical development of these villages, especially around Kalaleh city, is growing according to the needs of the population and consequently the process of conversion of agricultural land. And a village on the outskirts of the city was associated with an upward trend. Although the capital and labor in the region dominate and have a relative superiority over the area, there is a reciprocal relationship with the surrounding rural areas. In other words, the city of Kalaleh, by providing livelihood services and facilities to the villages within its sphere of influence, as well as purchasing products produced by the villagers and creating the conditions for the growth and dynamism of the villages, brought about physical-spatial changes in these villages.
Agricultural Extension and Education
mahdieh pourjafarabadi; atemeh pourebrahimi; hamid heydari mokarar; nima safarpour
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Agricultural processing industries in rural areas could bring the benefits of efficiency of products, increased employment and reduced agricultural waste. However, the success of the packaging for processing industries in the developing rural economy depends on the choice of the best location for the ...
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Agricultural processing industries in rural areas could bring the benefits of efficiency of products, increased employment and reduced agricultural waste. However, the success of the packaging for processing industries in the developing rural economy depends on the choice of the best location for the establishment of related industries. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal location of processing industries - depending on the direction of economic development in rural saffron packaging in the Torbat city. Information was collected in two ways from a library. The population of the study area was in the fields of Torbat city. 19 villages were selected as samples using Cochran formula, 356 households were defined as households in the sample. Then to locate the packaging processing industries for saffron use of index of localization of the human dimension was considered normal. The data collected for analysis was gathered by using questionnaires, and the AHP model and SPSS software package were used. In this regard, the results suggest that the correlation between processing industries - depending on the size of saffron and economic development in the rural fields is based on research. Thus, the best location for saffron processing industries in the region, the villages and Colonel Asad were identified considering the natural conditions and human factors (fertile soil, access roads, etc.).
