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  1 - Identifying the challenges and problems of agricultural higher education using grounded theory
  فاطمه karimi etemad Jafar Yaghoubi Abdolhamid Papzan
  10.30495/jaeer.2022.68293.10927
  The agricultural higher education system and its institutions have a serious mission for the sustainable development of this sector, considering the vital and pivotal position of the agricultural sector in food security, job creation, environmental protection and rural More

  The agricultural higher education system and its institutions have a serious mission for the sustainable development of this sector, considering the vital and pivotal position of the agricultural sector in food security, job creation, environmental protection and rural development. Higher education in agriculture, like other sectors of higher education, faces problems and obstacle. The aim of this study was to identify the challenges and problems in higher agricultural education. The aim of this study was to identify the challenges and problems in higher agricultural education. The approach of this research is qualitative and based on the method of basic theory or data base, in which to collect the required information from a semi-structured interview with 32 academic experts, graduates, agricultural entrepreneurs and jihad managers.Agriculture has been used in Zanjan province. By analyzing the text of the interviews, 335 conceptual statements related to the purpose of the research were extracted during open coding. These concepts, in axial coding, in the form of 82 subcategories during axial coding and then into 7 general categories during selective coding. According to this category, the most important obstacles and problems of agricultural higher education include educational-research, structural, economic, individual-skill, cultural-social, administrative-organizational and infrastructural barriers. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Identifying the obstacles to the export of agricultural products in Hormozgan province using grounded theory
  Jafar Yaghoubi Mohammad Behroozi Haydar Gholizadeh
  10.30495/jaeer.2023.73079.10966
  The agricultural sector as a commercial sector in Iran has important advantages can help as an important economic sector for the development of non-oil exports. Despite having a relative advantage in the production of some agricultural products, this sector unfortunatel More

  The agricultural sector as a commercial sector in Iran has important advantages can help as an important economic sector for the development of non-oil exports. Despite having a relative advantage in the production of some agricultural products, this sector unfortunately does not have a significant contribution to the country's exports and foreign exchange earnings. According to the above problem, the purpose of this study was to identify the obstacles to the export of agricultural products. The approach of this study was qualitative and grounded theory methodology was used in this study. Data in this study were collected by using semi-structured interviews with 17 exporters of agricultural products in Hormozgan province. By analyzing the content of the interviews, 100 conceptual propositions related to the purpose of the research were extracted during open coding. These concepts were categorized into 22 subcategories during axial coding and then into 6 general categories during selective coding. According to this category, the most important obstacles to the export of agricultural products include Inefficiencies in the production stage of products, policy and legal obstacles, inefficient infrastructure and bureaucracy, hardware and software inefficiency of the customs system, insufficiency and high cost of the sea transportation system, and problems of sales management and transfer of export currency resulting from the restriction. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Identifying Barriers to Commercialization of Researches in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) Using Grounded Theory
  Bahman Khosravipour Soheil Nosrati Jafar Yaghoubi
  Commercialization of research and knowledge is an inevitable activity to offset the cost of research and development (R&D) in the public and private research centers of the country which will help the country’s development and its competitiveness in all indust More

  Commercialization of research and knowledge is an inevitable activity to offset the cost of research and development (R&D) in the public and private research centers of the country which will help the country’s development and its competitiveness in all industries especially in advanced industries in addition to providing investment opportunities. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to commercialization of research in AREEO. Grounded theory was used in this study as a research method. The data were gathered using a semi-structured interview and an open questionnaire with a sample of 25 faculty members of AREEO and subsidiary research centers and institute. Using open coding for the context of the interviews, 84 conceptual propositions were extracted about the barriers to the advancement of research commercialization in research, education and extension organization. The Concepts grouped in 14 categories and four groups within the coding hierarchy of grounded theory including basic and strategic barriers, organizational and structural barriers, human barriers and market barriers each of them represent an aspect of subject. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Identifying the challenges of entrepreneurial urban agricultural businesses in Zanjan Township using grounded theory
  Kolsoum Hamidi Jafar Yaghoubi Mohsen ahadnejad Reveshty
  With the expansion of urbanization and an increase in the unemployed population, agricultural activities within and around the urban areas provide a wide range of business opportunities to urban young people and university graduates, especially in developing and low-inc More

  With the expansion of urbanization and an increase in the unemployed population, agricultural activities within and around the urban areas provide a wide range of business opportunities to urban young people and university graduates, especially in developing and low-income countries. The development of urban agricultural businesses, like those in other sectors of the economy, always faces problems. The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges of entrepreneurial urban agricultural businesses. The approach of this study is qualitative and grounded theory methodology was used in this study. Information in this study collected by using semi-structured interviews with 23 business owners and entrepreneurs in different agricultural fields have been used in Zanjan Township. By analyzing the content of the interviews, 116 conceptual propositions related to the purpose of the research were extracted during open coding. These concepts were categorized into 22 subcategories during axial coding and then into 7 general categories during selective coding. According to this category, the most important development challenges of urban agricultural businesses include economic, spatial - climatic, legal - institutional, scientific-educational, technological, cultural - social and challenges related to market access and business profitability. Manuscript profile
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  5 - Identification of the Competencies Required for Urban Agriculture Extension Agents from the Perspective of Agricultural Extension Experts of Zanjan Province
  Kolsoum Hamidi Jafar Yaghoub
  Urban agriculture as the new strategy in the process of urban sustainable development and extension is one of the mechanisms of its development. Using efficient and capable manpower is essential for urban agricultural extension. The purpose of this study was to identify More

  Urban agriculture as the new strategy in the process of urban sustainable development and extension is one of the mechanisms of its development. Using efficient and capable manpower is essential for urban agricultural extension. The purpose of this study was to identify the competencies required for urban agriculture extension agents. Descriptive-survey method was used in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of academic experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (0.90). Extension agents in Zanjan province formed the population of the study (N=168) and samples were selected using stratified random sampling (n=91). Using confirmatory factor analysis, the competencies required for urban agriculture extension agents were summarized in seven factors including: extension and education planning skills, Innovative and entrepreneurial responsibility, capabilities in ICT and educational technology and urban communication skills, high legal- administrative knowledge, experience and knowledge in education and adult learning, positive attitude to urban agriculture with up to date experience and knowledge and scientific ethics worthy. These factors explained 76.91% of the total variance. Result of F test showed that the views of experts on the first and sixth factor were significant, but the rest were not significant. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Identification of Barriers to Establishment of Entrepreneur University of Agriculture and Natural Resources by Using Grounded Theory Method
  Bahareh Abedi Masoud Baradaran Bahman Khosravipour Jafar Yaghoubi Masoud Yazdanpanah
  Entrepreneur University of Agriculture and rural (EUAR) is an important institution for economic development and effective social change. Poor conditions in employment of agricultural graduates indicate a distant in the current situation of country's universities and en More

  Entrepreneur University of Agriculture and rural (EUAR) is an important institution for economic development and effective social change. Poor conditions in employment of agricultural graduates indicate a distant in the current situation of country's universities and entrepreneurial university. The purpose of this research was to identifying barriers to establishment of EUAR in Iran. Grounded theory methodology was used in this study. Information in this study collected by using semi-structured interviews with a sample of 37 members of academic staff in faculties and Universities of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Content analysis of interviews showed; 149 phrases in connection with the barriers to establishment of EUAR were extracted. List of these phrases regard to concept affinity and hierarchy coding in grounded theory grouped in 17 concepts and three categories as follows: Human, inhuman and strategic and infrastructure barriers. The results also showed that the most important obstacles in establishment of EUAR are "strategic infrastructure" and "communication" barriers Manuscript profile
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  7 - Barriers of Urban Agriculture Development from Perspective of Agricultural Extension Experts in Zanjan Province, Iran
  Kolsoum Hamidi Jafar Yaghoubi
  In the last century, the growth of urban population, rural population decline and the loss of agricultural lands have caused many problems in these communities. Doing agricultural activities within and around the city is rather new subject that its development leads to More

  In the last century, the growth of urban population, rural population decline and the loss of agricultural lands have caused many problems in these communities. Doing agricultural activities within and around the city is rather new subject that its development leads to increase urban sustainability. The purpose of this study was identifying factors preventing the development of agricultural activities in the cities and around them. Descriptive survey method was used in this research. A questionnaire used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of faculty member and related experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (α =0.93). Agricultural extension experts in Zanjan province formed the population of this study (N=168) and 91 samples were selected using stratified random sampling. Based on exploratory factor analysis, the most important obstacles to the development of urban agriculture was summarized in six factors including: lack of legal, financial and educational support, weakness in the agricultural knowledge and expertise and lack of training course, prevalence of pests and diseases and bothering pet animals, lack of relationship between agriculture-related institutions and citizens, lack of suitable land and water for agriculture in city, and tend to apartment building. These factors explained 65.76 percent of the total variance of barriers to urban agriculture development Manuscript profile
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  8 - Barriers to Effective Use of Virtual Social Networks in Agricultural Extension and Education
  Vahid Mohammadi Jafar Yaghoubi Ali Shams Soheil Nosrati
  The purpose of the study was to investigate the barriers of effective use of virtual social networks in agricultural extension and education activities of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Zanjan province. The instrument for collecting data of this descriptive-correlat More

  The purpose of the study was to investigate the barriers of effective use of virtual social networks in agricultural extension and education activities of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Zanjan province. The instrument for collecting data of this descriptive-correlation study was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of academic experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (α = 0/87- 0/94). Agricultural experts in Agricultural Jihad Organization of Zanjan province in 2018 formed the population of the study (N=346) and samples were selected using stratified random sampling (n=105). Results of confirmatory factor analysis of barriers to effective use of virtual social networks in agricultural extension and education activities has been summarized in nine factors including: Low relevant and correct agricultural information with low security, administrative and social insecurity and lack of culture of the educational use of social networks, farmer's limited use of virtual social networks, negative organizational and managerial norms in using virtual social networks, financial and legal barriers in organization, inconsistent information and lack of local information, lack of professional and adequate knowledge of experts and outside computers. These factors explained 72.54% of the total variance. Due to considerable amount of useful time that experts and farmers allocated to virtual social networks, it is recommended that to plan for this optimal and useful application of this capacity agricultural extension and education activities. Manuscript profile