Evaluation of Rural Women’s role in Sustainable Development of Agriculture with Emphasis on Affectivity of Educational-Promotional Activities in Promoting Healthy Product Production in Gilan Province (Case Study: Rural areas of Langerrod and Roodsar Townships)
Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies
1 - Faculty Member, Forests and Rangeland Research and Watershed Management Department, Gilan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO (Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization), Rasht, Iran
Keywords: role, rural women, Gilan province, healthy product, educational-promotional activities,
Abstract :
Rural women have always had a very important and fundamental role in rural societies’ and the agricultural sector of Gilan province’s development. But these efforts have not been reflected separate from men’s jobs and their role has not been observed with adequate seriousness. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate rural women’s role in sustainable development of agriculture with emphasis on effectivity of educational-promotional activities in promoting healthy product production in Gilan province. That this study is applicable from the manner of purpose and is based on the descriptive-survey method. The required information in this research has been collected through questionnaire and library method and the people under study are the rural women of Langerood and Roodsar Townships. The statistical sample volume using the Cochrane formula has been determined as 193 individuals and the rate for Cronbach’s alpha for all of the questionnaire was equal to 0.89. The results of this study showed that amongst the educational-promotional programs designated for women and annual income from production of rice and their role in promoting the health production of products in villages is equal to 99% which indicates the very high meaningful relation of the foretold. Also the results from regression analysis indicated the matter that only the educational-promotional visits have entered in the analysis and singly could explain 26 percent of dependent variable of rate of women’s acknowledgment from vegetation pesticides’ disadvantages and chemical fertilizers.
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