Original Article
Farm Management
Hossein Shabanali Fami; Maryam Movarej; Zhila Daneshvar Ameri; Ali Asadi
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 March 2022
Abstract
— Nutrition is recognized as both an input to and a result of sustainable development, where agricultural production also plays an undeniable role. Alborz, one of the major provinces of Iran, faces several issues that have been adversely affecting its food security over the years and implementation ...
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— Nutrition is recognized as both an input to and a result of sustainable development, where agricultural production also plays an undeniable role. Alborz, one of the major provinces of Iran, faces several issues that have been adversely affecting its food security over the years and implementation of nutrition-sensitive agriculture has deemed to be a necessity to alleviate these problems. The research in hand investigates the interventions affecting the implementation of nutrition-sensitive agriculture production in Alborz province and structures a multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) analysis to prioritize these interventions, as well as identifying the best implementation strategy to be followed in the area of the study. To achieve this goal, the Analytical Network Process (ANP) has been employed. Based on library and documentary studies and interviews with experts and authorities, the structure of the ANP model has been developed and pairwise comparisons have been made. Results indicate that income generation for nutrition is the most important intervention, followed by nutrition-sensitive post-harvest handling, storage and processing. Decision makers and authorities should dedicate more attention to these aspects in the implementation of nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Alborz province. Also, a long term (6-20 years) implementation strategy has found to be a better alternative to target and plan for by the decision-makers and authorities.
Original Article
Environmental policy and management
Habibaolah Salami; Shahrouz Khorami; Saeid Yazdani; iraj Saleh
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 September 2021
Abstract
Sandstorms or dust are among the most important factors in reducing crop yields. Accordingly, in the present study it was attempted to evaluate economic losses of dust on crop yields in Khuzestan province of Iran. For this purpose, study data were collected using a questionnaire from farmers in Khuzestan ...
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Sandstorms or dust are among the most important factors in reducing crop yields. Accordingly, in the present study it was attempted to evaluate economic losses of dust on crop yields in Khuzestan province of Iran. For this purpose, study data were collected using a questionnaire from farmers in Khuzestan province, and factors affecting willingness to pay for preventing damages due to dust were identified using logit model and calculated using the final probability and elasticity to determine the role and contribution of each of these factors on the probability of willingness to pay. Finally, using estimated models, economic crop damages were determined. Therefore, the results of damage estimation in three properties affected by dust, involving crop quality, crop quantity and works recess, were evaluated. The estimated damage values for above properties are 1.673, 1.325, 0.550 million Rials, respectively. Therefore, total damages was estimated to be 3.550 million Rials. On the other hand, the number of operators willing to pay were 330378 people. The total estimated damages due to above three properties was 1173000 million Rials
Original Article
Education and training
Seyedeh Marzieh Razeghi; Hasan Sadighi; Mohammad Chizari
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 June 2020
Abstract
Sustainable agricultural and rural development requires knowledge and information, skills, attitudes and technologies, which run through a network of actors to produce, distribute and use it in a particular place. The model of the Agriculture Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) is designed based ...
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Sustainable agricultural and rural development requires knowledge and information, skills, attitudes and technologies, which run through a network of actors to produce, distribute and use it in a particular place. The model of the Agriculture Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) is designed based on this recognition. In Iran, There are about decades of experience in the development of this system. The purpose of this Delphi study was to develop a listing of those challenges facing Iran's Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS). Panel of experts consisted of extension offices, natural-level researchers, faculty members of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), and university faculty in agricultural extension and education. The panel identified 86 challenges of AKIS in Iran that were classified into 8 categories consisting of Participatory-institutional, Policy-legal, Information broadcasting-communicational, Monitoring and evaluation, Actors competency, supportive-motivational, management-structural and infrastructure-environmental.
Original Article
Education and training
Mohsen Mohammadi; Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri; Seyed Sadjad Seyed Sabouri
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 January 2017
Abstract
This paper aims at studying the role of agricultural education and extension methods on the use of renewable energy by farmers in Semnan Province. The research was a practical study in terms of goal and was a descriptive-correlation study in terms of methodology. The population of the study was composed ...
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This paper aims at studying the role of agricultural education and extension methods on the use of renewable energy by farmers in Semnan Province. The research was a practical study in terms of goal and was a descriptive-correlation study in terms of methodology. The population of the study was composed of Semnan Province poultry farmers that used any type of renewable energy. In total, 89 people were analyzed. Data collection tool was questionnaire (composed of 29 main questions and 108 minor questions in a Likert scale). The questionnaire was designed after consultations with university professors and research literature. The validity of the questionnaire was measured in terms of the form and content and its reliability was tested with Cronbach's alpha which ranged from 0.801 to 0.925. It was found that there was a strong significant relationship (r = 0.773) between education and extension methods (participation in the extension and educational courses, visits to farms using solar power, holding workshops on agricultural extension centers, experts’ visiting of poultry, watching videos of farms that use solar energy, production and distribution of educational brochures among farmers, designing related programs at universities, watching videos of the construction of solar power farms, broadcasting radio programs and educational broadcasting from local TV channels) and the use of solar energy by farmers. Based on the farmer’s view, participation in the extension and educational courses was the main source for obtaining the needed information. Also according to stepwise regression, 78.5% of the change in the dependent variable was explained by the variables of “visiting farms using solar power”, “participation in the extension and educational courses”, “production and distribution of educational brochures among farmers”, “holding workshops on agricultural extension centers” and “experts’ visiting of poultry”.
Original Article
Decision-making
mohammad ali dadashi; Vahid Khasheii
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 September 2017
Abstract
The purpose of the present research is to examine the effect of coating the tertiary irrigation canals on farmers’ satisfaction in Sowme’eh Sara, Guilan. The study was conducted using a survey research methodology. The statistical population included 14 tertiary canalized schemes in Sowme’eh ...
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The purpose of the present research is to examine the effect of coating the tertiary irrigation canals on farmers’ satisfaction in Sowme’eh Sara, Guilan. The study was conducted using a survey research methodology. The statistical population included 14 tertiary canalized schemes in Sowme’eh Sara up to the end of 2013, Including totally 2434 hectares .The share of each beneficiary was 0.7 hectare according to the extant statistics and documents in water and soil management of Agricultural Jihad Organization of Guilan. Based on Morgan and Krejcie’s Table, 340 beneficiaries were chosen by stratified random sampling. The main data collection tool was a self-made questionnaire whose face and content validity was improved and finally accepted by water and soil experts and professors. In order to determine the reliability of the research, the questionnaires were answered by 30 members of the statistical population. Afterwards, using SPSS software and Cronbach’s alpha test, the questionnaire’s sustainability was assessed and 78% was computed and confirmed. The independent variables under study were age, literacy, the number of individuals under guardianship, workload, product performance, costs, securing agricultural goals etc. and the dependent variable was farmers’ satisfaction of coating the streams. Each of the variables was categorized and assessed based on Likert Scale. The effect of each independent variable on farmers’ satisfaction was evaluated through SPSS software and Spearman’s rank correlation. The results showed that there is a semantic relationship between literacy, workload, product performance, costs and securing agricultural goals variables and farmers’ satisfaction.
Case Report
Strategic planning
Mahdieh Madadkhah; Ebrahim Chirani; Maryam Ooshaksaraie
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 March 2022
Abstract
Considering the government’s advocacy of and support for non-oil exports and the importance of cultivation and job creation opportunities relating to the kiwifruit product in the northern provinces, and taking into account the limitations of the mode of distribution and competition of producing ...
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Considering the government’s advocacy of and support for non-oil exports and the importance of cultivation and job creation opportunities relating to the kiwifruit product in the northern provinces, and taking into account the limitations of the mode of distribution and competition of producing countries in the global markets, it is imperative that the preparedness of Amin Caspian Shomal company in exporting kiwifruit in order to enter the global markets and the factors influencing it are investigated. for this descriptive research, which was conducted on the basis of strategic studies process, and is applied in terms of objective and takes on a qualitative approach, the Grounded Theory method and SWOT matrix for the purpose of strategic planning have been used. on the basis of the findings of the research, and after the analysis of the information, the result of the Internal Factors Evaluation matrix was calculated at 2.08 and the External Factors Evaluation matrix was calculated at 2.24, and the strategic position of the Amin Caspian Shomal company was set in a defensive mode.
Original Article
Farming Systems
Alireza Dadashi Jokandan; Mirzahasan Hoseini; Rahman Ghaffari; Mohammad Doostar
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 September 2021
Abstract
Today, export development is a way of generating a recovery economy. Almost in all of the developing countries; the issue of export development is at the top of the government's priorities and policies, as there is awareness and attention to the nature of the issue of exports in developed countries. ...
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Today, export development is a way of generating a recovery economy. Almost in all of the developing countries; the issue of export development is at the top of the government's priorities and policies, as there is awareness and attention to the nature of the issue of exports in developed countries. Under these circumstances, companies are trying in different ways to sell their goods and services around the world and maximize their profits. The present study has a qualitative-exploratory approach and the method of GT has been used as a research method. The tools of this research are semi-structured interviews. The participants of this research are 18 academic experts, experts in the field of export, managers and experts of the companies that were sampled by snowball sampling in the period of 2019. By analyzing the data of the interviews in the research, developing resistive export as the axial category; the causal conditions include economic foresight, export supports and the necessity to fulfill the macro-policies of the resistive economy; interferer conditions include business diplomacy, conditions of economic sanctions, and the role of government; ground factors include technological and up-to-date production, competitive organizational climate, efficient supply chain logistics and dynamic contribution of employees; strategies include designing an export-oriented marketing strategy document, enabling knowledgeable human assets, architecting trade negotiations and business intelligentization; consequences include competitive power, economic resilience, economic growth and production, and employment boom.
Original Article
Ronak Alipour; Ardashir Shiri; Homayoon Moradnezhadi
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 17 May 2020
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to designing an Information Management Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Rural Areas of Ilam Province The methodology of the study was descriptive using Delphi technique. Purposive sampling was used in this study and 15 experts including faculty members, managers and ...
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The purpose of this study was to designing an Information Management Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Rural Areas of Ilam Province The methodology of the study was descriptive using Delphi technique. Purposive sampling was used in this study and 15 experts including faculty members, managers and experts were selected and participated in three stages of Delphi research. In the third round of Delphi, the final model consisted of seven components (data collection, data storage, data quality control, data analysis, information dissemination, documentation and information sharing and utilization) and 22 sub-components were approved by experts. The results showed that in order to apply the entrepreneurial education information management system, it is necessary to identify the required information (economic, social, cultural, infrastructure, ecological, etc.) in rural areas. To store information, data should be entered into a system designed to manage the entrepreneurship education information system. Also, according to the results of this study, quality control, analysis, dissemination, documentation and exchange of entrepreneurship education system data will be done by the Office of Coordination of Economic Affairs of the Governor.
Original Article
Samad Zarei; Seyed Nematollah Moosavi
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 11 July 2021
Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of environmental quality and social capital on economic growth in Iran. So, this study, based on theoretical foundations, in addition to these variables, investigated the effects of various human capital indicators on Iran's economic growth ...
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of environmental quality and social capital on economic growth in Iran. So, this study, based on theoretical foundations, in addition to these variables, investigated the effects of various human capital indicators on Iran's economic growth during the period of 1973-92. The variables representing social capital included access to the Internet and telephone communication services. For human capital, literacy rate, enrollment rate in elementary school, as well as the number of students were used. It was also assumed that technology, in addition to workforce, would appear in the form of physical capital. The findings showed that physical capital was the most important factor in the growth of Iran's economy and its yield was 0.3-0.4. But a very small role was played by the variables of human capital and environmental capital. The role of social capital was also relatively acceptable and positive. Keywords: Growth Model, Social Capital, Environmental Capital, Iran JEL Classification: O13, O47, R1
Original Article
sahar dehyouri; azita zand; Masoomeh arfaee
Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 01 December 2021
Abstract
Shahid Rajaei is a very high potential agro-industry for agricultural production in the Khuzestan region. In this study, the challenges and factors hindering foreign investment in this agro-industrial Shahid Rajaei and in order to be aware of the impact of the challenges extracted from Exploratory factor ...
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Shahid Rajaei is a very high potential agro-industry for agricultural production in the Khuzestan region. In this study, the challenges and factors hindering foreign investment in this agro-industrial Shahid Rajaei and in order to be aware of the impact of the challenges extracted from Exploratory factor analysis (which includes technical, economic, infrastructure, socio-cultural challenges, policy-making) on the level of foreign investment in Shahid Rajaei agro-industry and regression analysis were performed according to the quasi-distance scale of variables. Based on the results, it can be said that among the independent variables that have played a significant role on the dependent variable of foreign investment level in Shahid Rajaei agro-industry, three variables: policy factor, technical factor and infrastructure factor are the most important independent variables affecting the research dependent variable that explains 53.5% of the research dependent variable (level of foreign investment in Shahid Rajaei agro-industrial integration).
Original Article
Asghar Bagheri; nayyer Emami
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 January 2022
Abstract
Precision agriculture has a great potential to increase crop yield, cost reduction and environment protection, while adoption of these technologies faced barriers that is essential to be recognized. Using a sample of 142 agricultural experts, this survey was conducted to identify experts’ perceptions ...
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Precision agriculture has a great potential to increase crop yield, cost reduction and environment protection, while adoption of these technologies faced barriers that is essential to be recognized. Using a sample of 142 agricultural experts, this survey was conducted to identify experts’ perceptions towards barriers to the adoption of precision agriculture in Ardabil province, Iran. A questionnaire was used as data collection tool. It was validated by a group of university staffs. A pilot study was conducted using 30 experts and the alpha value showed high reliability of the instrument. Due to the prevalence of Covid 19, the data were collected virtually. The results showed that the experts had relatively good knowledge about precision agriculture. Five factors i.e., lack of knowledge, economic barriers, weak extension-farmer interactions, data security problems, and inaccessibility accounted for 73.34% of the total variance of barriers to the adoption of precision agricultural technologies. Based on the results some consideration were presented to remove the barriers.
Original Article
maryam kazemi iman abadi; Mohammad Taleghani; Narges Delafrooz
Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 05 March 2022
Abstract
The Dairy industry has a major part in the added value and occupation of the agriculture part. The products of this industry have a significant portion in the Iranian family consumption basket by providing the cheapest protein sources of the country. Because of the importance of this industry, the government ...
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The Dairy industry has a major part in the added value and occupation of the agriculture part. The products of this industry have a significant portion in the Iranian family consumption basket by providing the cheapest protein sources of the country. Because of the importance of this industry, the government has supported the producers and consumers of this industry by adopting different policies and the impact on the components of the dairy market especially milk.The goal of this study is identifying the relationship between the life cycle of the product (the market of the product in the development and maturity stage) through innovation strategies (the tendency for the market and the tendency to the organizational learning) and marketing strategies ( the creation and development of new product). This study was done during March until September in 2018 in the Bazar Gostar Pegah Co. of the region one in the country, which include the provinces such as Gilan, west Azarbayjan, east Azarbayjan, Ghazvin, Zanjan and Ardebil as one of the five regions of the milk industry of Iran (Pegah).The method of the study in terms of the goal is applied, in terms of the data collection is inquiry and field researches. This study is descriptive from the correlation branch. The results of the study show that all the hypothesis of this study are confirmed and the relationship between the variables are positive and meaningful.
