Factors affecting the access of rural women farmers to household food security information in Sari county

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

Fatemeh Ebrahimnejad ¹ , Amir Ahmadpour ² , Mohamad Reza Shahraki ³

1 - MSc. of Agricultural Extension and Education, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
2 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension and Education, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
3 - PhD student in Geography and Rural Planning of Kharazmi University and expert of the General Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management of Golestan Province

Received: 2021-09-14 Accepted : 2024-08-21 Published : 2024-08-21

Keywords: rural women, Food Security, Sustainable Development, Information,

Abstract :

The present study is a descriptive-survey study in which the statistical population of this study consists of 1297 women farmers in Sari city of Mazandaran province, of which 300 were selected as the sample size and randomly sampled from They happened. The questionnaire was the main tool for assessing the research, the content validity of which was confirmed using the opinions of experts. In addition, the values ​​obtained from the extracted mean variance (AVE) and combined reliability (CR) showed convergent validity and appropriate reliability of the questionnaire. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares approach was used to analyze the data using Smart PLS3 software. Based on the results of research on four communication structures - technology, economic, situational, social, cultural and personality, had a positive and significant effect on the level of access of women farmers to food security information that 40.3% of the variance of farmers' access to information Explained food safety information.