Conservation tillage application necessities from Miyaneh county Jihad‌-e‌-Agriculture Agency experts’ view point

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Seyyed Mohammad Reza Hashemi ¹ (M.Sc. in Agriculture, Extension and Education Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)
Maryam Omid Najaf Abadi ² (Assistant prof. of Agriculture, Extension and Education Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad Universityof Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)
Farhad Lashgar Ara ³ (Assistant prof. of Agriculture, Extension and Education Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad Universityof Tehran, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2013-05-08 Accepted : 2013-07-28 Published : 2013-08-23

Keywords: Sustainable agriculture, conservation tillage, extension and education, Miayneh,

Abstract :

The current study projective was conservation tillage application necessities study from Jihad­-e­-­Agriculture Agency of Miyaneh county experts’ point of view. Statistical community of the study was 150 agriculture specialists of Miyaneh Jihad ­-­e­-­Agriculture Agency. Prepared questionnaire forms as research tools were filled in by interview. Questionnaire validity and reliability were confirmed by specialists’stand point and Cronbach's alpha coefficient using SPSS ver. 16 in range of 76.7-91.4%, respectively. R factor analysis method was used for data analysis. The results indicated that research variants including six factors of governmental financial grants, villagers' cooperation, religious and believes motivations, mechanization, legislation, agricultural extension and education by media justified about 58.65% of variance of conservative tillage application necessities from Jihad ­-­e­-­Agriculture Agency of Miyaneh county experts’ point of view. Governmental financial grants factor with Eigen value of 6.89 had the highest ratio in variants expression. Also, villagers' cooperation with Eigen value of 4.36, religious and believes motivations with Eigen value of 4.20, agriculture machinery development with Eigen value of 3.88, legislation with Eigen value of 2.30, agricultural extension and media education with Eigen value of 1.83 took the next positions. The current research results can be useful and effective in the future planning of agriculture authorities and beneficiary organization.

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