Agricultural Extension and Education
Jamileh Aliloo; Mohammad Chizari; SHahla CHoobchian
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The purpose of this study was to investigate components affecting farmers' participation in irrigation management (case of Khoy County). This study was causal-relationship and a survey was conducted. The study population were all farmers in the Khoy County in the crop year 2015-16 (N=19088) and a number ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate components affecting farmers' participation in irrigation management (case of Khoy County). This study was causal-relationship and a survey was conducted. The study population were all farmers in the Khoy County in the crop year 2015-16 (N=19088) and a number of 379 number of people were chosen using the Krejcie and Morgan table (1970) and stratified sampling with proportional allocation as research samples. The data collection tool was a questionnaire whose content validity was confirmed by professors and experts and its reliability was determined by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient between 0.72 and 0.85. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSSv19 software. According to the results, the participation of farmers in irrigation management was evaluated at a good level. The results showed that the independent variables including farmers' attitude toward their participation in irrigation management, awareness of the consequences of participation in irrigation management, suitability of the technical factors in irrigation network, use of farmers from information sources, social norms toward participation in water management, farmers' attitude toward agricultural extension personnel, farmers' sociability and attitude toward water officials and experts with dependent variable of participation in irrigation management had had positive relationship and significant at 1 percent level. The results of stepwise regression analysis showed that the mentioned variables explained 75 percent of the variance of the participation in irrigation management.
Agricultural Extension and Education
Yadegar Momenpor; Hasan Sadighi; SHahla CHoobchian
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Today, with the arrival of chemical inputs in agriculture and excessive use of these inputs by farmers, irreparable damage has been done to the environment. Environmental sustainability included actions in line with environment in a long-term period. The use of long-term is due to environmental sustainability. ...
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Today, with the arrival of chemical inputs in agriculture and excessive use of these inputs by farmers, irreparable damage has been done to the environment. Environmental sustainability included actions in line with environment in a long-term period. The use of long-term is due to environmental sustainability. This study was designed to investigate factors affecting environmental behavior of wheat producers and it was done by a survey technique. The research population included all wheat producers in the Buokan Township (5473 people) and 136 of them were selected by using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sampling Table. The sampling method was proportional stratified random sampling. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) via the LISREL software was used to evaluate validity and reliability of the research questionnaire. The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirm both "the validity and reliability" of the questionnaire and "the goodness of the latent variables". The results of structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that most of the research hypotheses were confirmed and the “institutional” construct has the most effect on the environmental behavior and 35 percent of the variance change is explained by this construct. On the other hand, factors Economic, Ecological and Social have been mentioned as important in affecting environmental behavior.
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.
