Examining of the Institutional - legal Components of the Organic Products Standardization Process

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research

Soudabe Binaee ¹ , Hossein shabanali fami ² , Hooshang Iravani ³ , Mahnaz Mohammadzadeh ⁴

1 - Graduated Student (M. Sc.) of Agricultural Management, University of Tehran, Iran.
2 - Professor of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Development, Payame Noor University, Iran.

Received: 2019-03-02 Accepted : 2019-03-02 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Organic farming, Standardization of Organic Pro, Institutional Component, Legal Component,

Abstract :

This research was carried out with the aim of analyzing the institutional and legal components of the system for providing organic standardization services. This study was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population of the research were 250 knowledgeable experts in relation to the production and supply of organic products (organizations such as Agricultural Jihad, Agricultural Engineering Organization, National Iranian Standards Organization and Organic Association of Iran) out of which a sample size of 154 was selected in accordance with Glenn De Esmerald's (2013) sampling table. Sampling technique adopted in this study was random sampling technique. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by some experts of organic production and faculty members of Tehran University. The reliability of the main scale of study was assessed by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient . The factor analysis of the institutional-legal component of the organic products standardization system indicated that government's monitoring of the organic production chain was the most effective indicator and the standard of storage and storage of organic products was the most effective indicator of the legal component of the product standardization system.

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