The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Agricultural Systems and the Transition to Food Stability and Security (Case Study: Agricultural Jihad Organization, Khuzestan Province)
Subject Areas :
Information Technology in Agriculture
Mohsen
Mousaei
1
(Department of Agricultural Management, Gachsaran Branch, Islamic Azad University. Gachsaran, Iran.)
Mehrafrooz
Sayednezhad
2
(Department of Agricultural Management, Gachsaran Branch, Islamic Azad University. Gachsaran, Iran.)
Received: 2021-01-26
Accepted : 2021-03-25
Published : 2021-03-01
Keywords:
Information Technology,
Food Security,
Sustainable agriculture,
Agricultural Systems,
Abstract :
The propouse of this study was to investigate the role of information and communication technology in agricultural systems and the transition to food security and sustainability. From the perspective of the purpose, the present study is an applied research and from the perspective of data collection method is also a survey research. The statistical population of this study includes managers and experts and managers working in the Agricultural Jihad of Khuzestan province. Acorrding to Statictics from the human resources unit of the organization there are 96 experts. Due to the limited statictical society enhsus method was used. Questionnaire was used to measure research variables. The validity of the questionnaire was used by a panel of experts and Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the reliability and Cronbach's alpha for the questionnaire was 0.798. Descrptive statistic methods used include mean, median and frequency percent and inferencial statistical methods used Partial least squares method. The results show that information and communication technology has a positive and significant impact on agricultural systems. On the other hand, agricultural systems have an impact on food security and sustainable agriculture. Finally, it has been shown that information technology through agricultural systems enhances food security and achieves sustainable agricultural goals.
DOR:20.1001.1.22517588.2021.11.1.5.7
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