Analysis Factors affecting potato waste
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Keywords: Potatoes, Waste Agricultural Products, Strategy of Reducing Waste, Freidan Areas,
Abstract :
With regard to the necessity to increase agricultural production in Iran and the world, increase production by increasing under cultivation because of restrictions in the water resources and also limits the potential of cultivation, is not possible. So for the increase in agricultural production to increase the production special potatoes should productivity of the factors to produce special water and soil and increase the waste agricultural products as much as possible. The main objective of this research was to Analysis Factors affectingpotato waste and presenting proposals has been done to solve this issue in the Areas of Freidan. The survey`s statistical population consisted of all farmers in Fereidan areas (N=14000), that (200) persons were selected according to Cochran formula using proportional simple sampling. The required data were gathered through using questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of experts'judgment. In order to assess the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach Alpha coefficients were calculated for the main scales of the questionnaire (0.74 & 0.88). In order to analyze the data, SPSS software was used. The results revealed that factors affecting potato waste are to be tabulated in five separate factors including: conversion - economic, technical, market, manufacturing and education- organization factors
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