Agricultural Extension and Education Research: 2 (2)

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1 - Barriers in Application of Biological Fertilizer in Chardavl Shirvan Township of Ilam Province from Farmers Point of View
Mona Arabseyfi Maryam Omidi Najafabadi Alireza Poursaeed

The Purpose of This study was to investigate the barriers of application of Biological Fertilizer in Chardavl Shirvan town ship of Ilam Province from Farmers Point of View. This was an applied, research using descriptive-survey method. The population for this research w More

The Purpose of This study was to investigate the barriers of application of Biological Fertilizer in Chardavl Shirvan town ship of Ilam Province from Farmers Point of View. This was an applied, research using descriptive-survey method. The population for this research was farmers (N=1500) and the sample size was )n=501( selected by the Cochran formula and Stratified proportional method. The tool is a study questionnaire. The validity was confirmed by a specialized team and also reliability was measured by using Cronbach’s alpha (upper than 78%) using SPSS 16 software. Factor analysis was used to identify Barriers of Biological Fertilizer Application in Chardavl Shirvan township of Ilam Province from Farmers Perception. The results Showed that the important barriers in Application of Biological Fertilizer include: barriers training extension, barriers policy, social barriers, economic barriers and environmental barriers. These barriers were explained with a%50 /15 Variance. Manuscript profile

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2 - Explaining Factors Effecting on Horticulture Sector’s Sustainability (Case Study of Urmia County)
Sajjad Hesami Rishkani loghman rashidpour Soleiman Rasouli Azar

Sustainability and safety of agricultural products, particularly horticultural products, have a great importance in human nutrition community and can be a major factor on protection of sources and improving human health. The purpose of this study was to explain effectiv More

Sustainability and safety of agricultural products, particularly horticultural products, have a great importance in human nutrition community and can be a major factor on protection of sources and improving human health. The purpose of this study was to explain effective factors on sustainability of horticulture sector in Urmia County. This research based on aim is applied, on the basis of data collection is a library and field research with descriptive - survey type. The sample population consisted of 130 people from Gardeners were selected by using Morgan table. Multistage sampling was used to determine samples. The research instrument was consisted of researcher-made questionnaire that its validity confirmed with a supervisor, advisor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to measure reliability of different sections and its value was determined 0.87. Based on the findings, most of Gardeners about 41.5% had bachelor degree or higher. The average of work experience of gardening work among respondents was about 23 years and 77.7% of them had gardening work as their primary occupation. The results of factor analysis showed that effective factors on sustainability of horticulture sector in Urmia county can be classified in 7 factors, that totally explained 80.8% variance of effective factors. Manuscript profile

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3 - Acceptance of E-commerce in Agricultural Business Enterprises (Case Study of Agricultural Cooperatives)
heshmatollah saadi Zahra i Haji Hashem Ali Sanayei

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the acceptance of e-commerce in agricultural production cooperatives. The statistical population of the study consisted of 1565 Cooperative managers, board members, Experts of Co-operative offices & a More

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the acceptance of e-commerce in agricultural production cooperatives. The statistical population of the study consisted of 1565 Cooperative managers, board members, Experts of Co-operative offices & agricultural cooperatives in three provinces of Isfahan, Hamedan and Tehran. 309 of the total population were selected as research samples using the Cochran formula. The results of the analysis showed that the conceptual framework of research has a good fit. Also, three variables of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and the subjective norm with the attitude toward acceptance of e-commerce had a positive and significant relationship. Also, There was a positive and significant relationship between attitude toward acceptance of e-commerce and its usefulness with behavioral intention. Accordingly, in order to develop e-commerce in agricultural production cooperatives, the positive effects of the use of this type of business should be reminiscent and the user concerns reduced from the complexity of this type of business. Manuscript profile

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4 - Study the Relationship between Philosophical Mindset with Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Commitment among the Department of Extension and Rural Development of College of Agriculture in Tabriz University
Ali Imanzadeh

The main purpose of this research was to study the relationship of philosophical mindset of students with knowledge sharing and their organizational commitment among the department of Extension and Rural Development of college of Agricultural students in Tabriz Universi More

The main purpose of this research was to study the relationship of philosophical mindset of students with knowledge sharing and their organizational commitment among the department of Extension and Rural Development of college of Agricultural students in Tabriz University. Research method Was Descriptive-correlational and scrolling technique and questionnaire tool was used for gathering data, The statistical population included 143 students that all of them were selected as the sample based on the census sampling method. The tool for collecting data is three standard questionnaires: the Smith’s Philosophical Mindset, Wang and Wang Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire, and the Allen and Meyer organizational commitment. The reliability of the instrument was also evaluated through a preliminary test and evaluation of the Cronbach's alpha value. The questionnaire was examined and its value for different parts of the questionnaire was higher than α = 0.72, indicating the reliability of the questionnaire. The study findings showed that there is a direct and significant positive relationship between philosophical mindset (and its dimensions) with knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing (and its dimensions) with organizational commitment, and philosophical mindset (and its dimensions) and with commitment. No significant difference was observed between male and female students in terms of philosophical mindset. The study findings indicated that there is a significant difference between male and female students in terms of organizational commitment, as female students are more committed than males. The results revealed that mean scores of philosophical mindset, knowledge sharing, and organizational commitment for students participated in this study were higher than the average. Manuscript profile

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5 - Development of a Structural Model of Conservation Agricultural Technology among Wheat Producers in Ilam Province Based on Variables of Social Capital and Social Perception
Faranak Sahrai Ahmad Rezvanfar Amir Alambaigi

Present study aimed to develop a structural model of conservation technology among wheat farmers in Ilam province based on social capital and social perception. The statistical population of the study was 3250 wheat farmers. Based on Daniel FPC's (1999) formula, and by More

Present study aimed to develop a structural model of conservation technology among wheat farmers in Ilam province based on social capital and social perception. The statistical population of the study was 3250 wheat farmers. Based on Daniel FPC's (1999) formula, and by stratified sampling ttechnique, 270 of them were selected and the data was collected from them. For reliability, combination reliability was used. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed in three ways: formal, structural and diagnostic. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS21 and smart PLS software. Structural equation model showed that three factors of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavior control have a strong effect on the intention that the basic theory of behavior is confirmed. Also, social capital variable have as a one dimansion of social components direct and significant effect on the intention to adopt conservation agricultural technologies, Social impression does not have a significant effect on the moderation of the relationship between intention and behavior. Manuscript profile

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6 - Assessment of Social Water Security in Rural Districts of Kermanshah County
Akram Binaian Hosein Agahi Seyed Ehsan Fatemi

Many parts of the world are confronted with water-based crises, considering the effects of climate change and human activities. Recognizing and deep understanding of the dimensions of resilience and coping of individuals to promote their tolerance threshold is an essent More

Many parts of the world are confronted with water-based crises, considering the effects of climate change and human activities. Recognizing and deep understanding of the dimensions of resilience and coping of individuals to promote their tolerance threshold is an essential step to deal with water-related events and adjust its consequences. The present study, therefore, aimed to assess the social water security in rural districts of Kermanshah. This study was conducted in 2017 in descriptive and survey method. It makes use of a Cluster sampling method and regarding Morgan table, the sample size includes 376 members of households of 5 rural districts of Kermanshah. The analysis of the results of weighting social security dimensions by experts, infrastructure Resilience and coping capacity against drought were crucially significant in shaping the concept of social security of water. Considering the components' weight, Doroudfaraman and Jalalvand rural districts had the highest average of resilience and the Mahidasht rural district had the highest average of coping capacity. Generally, the level social security of water in all studied districts was relatively low and Mahidasht district owns the highest average. Manuscript profile

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