Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water
The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors affecting the sustainable management of agricultural water in Hamedan. The study population included all wheat farmers possessing irrigated farms in Hamedan city (N=1800). Of these farmers a sample of 317 people has been selected by u...
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| author | Masoud Samian Karim Naderi Mahdei Heshmatollah Saadi Hamid Balali Reza Movahedi |
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| description | The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors
affecting the sustainable management of agricultural water
in Hamedan. The study population included all wheat farmers
possessing irrigated farms in Hamedan city (N=1800). Of
these farmers a sample of 317 people has been selected by
using randomized multi-stage sampling method. The data were
collected through a questionnaire's tool with help of the
interview technique. Accuracy of the questions in the questionnaire
was face validated by a panel of specialists. To test
the reliability of the questionnaires, the questionnaires were
first given to 30 farmers and Cronbach's Alpha was calculated
(Alpha=0.92) then the questionnaire was finalized. Data
analyzing methods such as Multiple Regression and the
coefficient of variation (CV= standard deviation /mean) were
used in this study. To determine the level of sustainability of
the farms Bossel method proposed for classification and grading
the fields was used. The results showed that variables agronomic
factors, policy factors and institutional factors were able to
explain 34 percent of the dependent variable's changes
(sustainable management of agricultural water). According to
the results, 95.3 percent of the farmers were categorized into
unsustainable group, 4.1 percent into semi-sustainable and
only 0.6 percent in sustainable group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0560d780fba24fea85f2ed67fe63b27b2022-12-22T00:47:52ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58602014-12-0144297307Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural WaterMasoud Samian0Karim Naderi Mahdei1Heshmatollah Saadi2Hamid Balali3Reza Movahedi4Ph.D. Student, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.Assistant Professor Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.Associate Professor, Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.Assistant Professor Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.Assistant Professor Agricultural Extension and Education Department, College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors affecting the sustainable management of agricultural water in Hamedan. The study population included all wheat farmers possessing irrigated farms in Hamedan city (N=1800). Of these farmers a sample of 317 people has been selected by using randomized multi-stage sampling method. The data were collected through a questionnaire's tool with help of the interview technique. Accuracy of the questions in the questionnaire was face validated by a panel of specialists. To test the reliability of the questionnaires, the questionnaires were first given to 30 farmers and Cronbach's Alpha was calculated (Alpha=0.92) then the questionnaire was finalized. Data analyzing methods such as Multiple Regression and the coefficient of variation (CV= standard deviation /mean) were used in this study. To determine the level of sustainability of the farms Bossel method proposed for classification and grading the fields was used. The results showed that variables agronomic factors, policy factors and institutional factors were able to explain 34 percent of the dependent variable's changes (sustainable management of agricultural water). According to the results, 95.3 percent of the farmers were categorized into unsustainable group, 4.1 percent into semi-sustainable and only 0.6 percent in sustainable group.http://webzoom.freewebs.com/ijamad/4(4)/IJAMADecember2014P297.pdfSustainable managementAgricultural waterMultiple regressionFarmers irrigated wheat |
| spellingShingle | Masoud Samian Karim Naderi Mahdei Heshmatollah Saadi Hamid Balali Reza Movahedi Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development Sustainable management Agricultural water Multiple regression Farmers irrigated wheat |
| title | Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water |
| title_full | Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water |
| title_fullStr | Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water |
| title_short | Factor Affecting the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water |
| title_sort | factor affecting the sustainable management of agricultural water |
| topic | Sustainable management Agricultural water Multiple regression Farmers irrigated wheat |
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