Tourism
Mehdi Nooripoor; Elham Derakhshan; Zeinab Sharifi
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This survey research was carried out to investigate the effects of tourism development on rural areas of central District of Boyer-Ahmad Township. The research population included 1,180 rural households from two groups of villages including with and without tourists. According to the Krejcie and Morgan ...
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This survey research was carried out to investigate the effects of tourism development on rural areas of central District of Boyer-Ahmad Township. The research population included 1,180 rural households from two groups of villages including with and without tourists. According to the Krejcie and Morgan Table, two hundred ninety eighty rural households were determined as the sample size. The samples were selected using stratified random sampling with proportional allocation. The data were collected by a researcher made questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability was also confirmed by calculating the Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient. The results of comparing the situations of the two supposed groups five years ago (before the tourism boom) showed that there is a significant difference between the two groups (with and without tourism) in terms of the social and the capital attention to local customs, the tendency to live in a village, occupation and environmental awareness in which they have had higher mean score in villages with tourists. Moreover, comparing the current situation of these groups showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups, with and without tourists in terms of social offences and environmental awareness in such a way that tourism had a negative effect in terms of social factors and it led to increased social offences and it had a positive effect on environmental factors such as increasing environmental awareness of rural households. Furthermore, tourism had no considerable effect on rural areas in terms of economic and infrastructural factors.
Fatemeh Babazekri; Zeinab Sharifi
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Nowadays, the place of production of medicinal plants in the health of the community and the value of medicinal and aromatic plants are not covered by anyone. Forestry, pasture and medicinal and industrial plants not only have a particular role in the domestic economy, but also have a significant impact ...
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Nowadays, the place of production of medicinal plants in the health of the community and the value of medicinal and aromatic plants are not covered by anyone. Forestry, pasture and medicinal and industrial plants not only have a particular role in the domestic economy, but also have a significant impact on non-oil exports. It is important to note that Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province has a diverse and appropriate climate that can be one of the most capable areas for the cultivation and production of medicinal plants. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating and identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of the cultivation and production of medicinal plants in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province. SWOT method was used for this purpose and finally, using SWOT matrix, strategies were provided to improve the development conditions of this industry.More detailed findings especially about the supposed strategies are presented in the body of the paper
Sayyed Ali Asghar Davarpanah; Mehdi Nooripoor; Zeinab Sharifi
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The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of processing industries on reducing agricultural products’ wastes. A causal- comparative research method was used for this purpose. According to experts’ opinions, two villages (with & without processing industries) were ...
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The aim of this research was to investigate the effect of processing industries on reducing agricultural products’ wastes. A causal- comparative research method was used for this purpose. According to experts’ opinions, two villages (with & without processing industries) were selected. Sample size was determined as 330 ones using Krejcie and Morgan table and stratified sampling with proportional allocation. A research-made questionnaire was used to collect datawhich itsvalidity was confirmed by experts’ view and its reliability measured by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The result of the research showed that agricultural products’ wastes in village with processing industries are less than it in village without processing industries. Other results showed that post-harvest wastes have reduced two percent because of processing industries. Furthermore, storing and preserving wastes have reduced 6. 67 percent due to processing industries. Moreover, agricultural food processing wastes have diminished 11. 67 percent. Finally, these industries cut down 23 percent of transiting and distributing agricultural wastes. According to the results of this study, the most effect of processing industries on reducing agricultural products’ wastes was in transiting and distributing stage and the least effect was in post-harvest stage.
