Identifying the Barriers of Sustainable Agriculture Adoption by Wheat Farmers in Takestan, Iran
Conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. The efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoptio...
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Islamic Azad University
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| description | Conventional agriculture systems of production often lead
to environmental degradation, economic problems and
even social conflict. The efficacy of agriculture systems
conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability
of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the
adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread.
This study evaluates the barriers of sustainable agriculture by
wheat farmers in Takestan using a descriptive–correlation
survey methodology. This quantitative study was based on a
Researcher made questionnaire designed to elicit the barriers
to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices perceived by a
sample of 149 wheat farmers in the Takestan (N=268), through
a stratified random sampling technique. Instrument validity
was confirmed by a panel of experts. The reliability estimated
by Cronbach’s coefficient (α=0.905). The data has been analyzed
using the SPSS (16). The results revealed that the high cost of
sustainable agriculture was the most important barriers in its
implementation (M=4.74). The findings of multiple regressions
explained that farmer’s attitudes and practices of sustainable
agriculture explained 89 percent of the variance of the barriers
of sustainable agriculture. Farmer’s attitudes had the most influence
on the determination of the barriers of sustainable
agriculture (β=0.775). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6bcc7daf495649dfbb0fa23f97b736b32022-12-21T20:12:11ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58602015-09-015315916810.5455/ijamd.175275Identifying the Barriers of Sustainable Agriculture Adoption by Wheat Farmers in Takestan, IranShaghayegh Kheiri0Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Management, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.Conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. The efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread. This study evaluates the barriers of sustainable agriculture by wheat farmers in Takestan using a descriptive–correlation survey methodology. This quantitative study was based on a Researcher made questionnaire designed to elicit the barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices perceived by a sample of 149 wheat farmers in the Takestan (N=268), through a stratified random sampling technique. Instrument validity was confirmed by a panel of experts. The reliability estimated by Cronbach’s coefficient (α=0.905). The data has been analyzed using the SPSS (16). The results revealed that the high cost of sustainable agriculture was the most important barriers in its implementation (M=4.74). The findings of multiple regressions explained that farmer’s attitudes and practices of sustainable agriculture explained 89 percent of the variance of the barriers of sustainable agriculture. Farmer’s attitudes had the most influence on the determination of the barriers of sustainable agriculture (β=0.775).http://ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir/article_515289_3e6fcd98105a6956e71ad42235dd2d9e.pdfBarriersSustainable agricultureWheat farmers |
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| title | Identifying the Barriers of Sustainable Agriculture Adoption by Wheat Farmers in Takestan, Iran |
| title_full | Identifying the Barriers of Sustainable Agriculture Adoption by Wheat Farmers in Takestan, Iran |
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| title_sort | identifying the barriers of sustainable agriculture adoption by wheat farmers in takestan iran |
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