Preventive Factors to Found Walnut Production Cooperatives in Tuyserkan Township, Iran

Subject Areas : Environmental policy and management

Mohammad Abdolmaleky ¹

1 - Assistant professor, College of Agriculture, Khoramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Received: 2015-08-12 Accepted : 2015-08-12 Published : 2015-03-01

Keywords: Iran, barriers, Walnut Producers, Production Cooperatives,

Abstract :

This study was conducted to seek the opinion of walnut producers on barriers affecting the success of producers to found production cooperatives regarding horticultural products in Tuyserkan Township, Iran. A sample of 234 walnut producers were randomly selected through multistage cluster sampling technique. Descriptive- correlation research method was used in this study which has been implemented through the questionnaire. For determining the validity of questionnaire, the face and content validity was used. Reliability for the instrument was estimated at 0.94. According to factor analysis, barriers to found and develop walnut production cooperatives were categorized into seven groups that explained 65.799% of the total variance of the research variables. The results also indicated that lack of cultural infrastructures, inadequate knowledge and incorrect opinions of producers and leaders, inadequate laws and vulnerability and infrastructural barriers had the most effect to found and develop walnut production cooperatives, respectively.

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