A Study on Knowledge of Farmers on Sustainable Farming Based on Environmental Preservation
Subject Areas :aliasghar Saghafi 1 , nasim einy 2 , masoumeh Issazadeh 3
1 - . Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Islamic Azad University of Birjand. Birjand - Iran
2 - - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Payame Noor University, Alborz Province, Karaj Branch. Karaj- Iran.
3 - Horticulture Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Technology, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Iranian Plant Therapy Society Training Center.
Keywords: knowledge, Paddy farmers, Sustainable Development, Sustainable agriculture, Insight,
Abstract :
Sustainability of production is one of the serious issues that have attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. Assessing the level of farmers' knowledge about sustainable agriculture is a determining factor in the sustainability of production units.Accordingly, in order to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of sustainable agriculture among paddy farmers, A sample size study was selected by multivariate sampling method of 241 paddy farmers.A panel of experts, including experts from the Agricultural Jihad Organization, was used to determine the validity.In order to evaluate the reliability criterion, was used Cronbach's alpha coefficient which was calculated for the Knowledge Scale (0.79) and for the Attitude Scale (0.76).The results showed that the level of knowledge and insight of sustainable agriculture was good among farmers. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables of age, total land area, area under rice cultivation, annual salary of paddy cultivation and annual income with agricultural knowledge at the level of 99%.However, there was no significant relationship between the variables of number of family members, level of education, number of plots of land and average rice yield with sustainable agricultural knowledge.Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between the variables of family number and education with sustainable agricultural attitude at 95% level.Also, there was no significant relationship between the variables of age, agricultural activity history, rice cultivation history, and total agricultural land area, area under rice cultivation, number of agricultural lands, paddy salary and annual income with attitude towards sustainable agriculture.
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