Mirzaie Gorji, N., Shabanali Fami, H., Iravani, H. (2017). Investigating Factors that Affecting Citrus Waste Production in Mazandaran Province, Iran. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 7(1), 95-99.
Narges Mirzaie Gorji; Hosain Shabanali Fami; Houshang Iravani. "Investigating Factors that Affecting Citrus Waste Production in Mazandaran Province, Iran". International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 7, 1, 2017, 95-99.
Mirzaie Gorji, N., Shabanali Fami, H., Iravani, H. (2017). 'Investigating Factors that Affecting Citrus Waste Production in Mazandaran Province, Iran', International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 7(1), pp. 95-99.
Mirzaie Gorji, N., Shabanali Fami, H., Iravani, H. Investigating Factors that Affecting Citrus Waste Production in Mazandaran Province, Iran. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017; 7(1): 95-99.
Investigating Factors that Affecting Citrus Waste Production in Mazandaran Province, Iran
1M.Sc. Graduate of Rural Development, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran
2Department of Management and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran, Iran
3ِDepartment of Management and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran, Iran
Receive Date: 30 January 2016,
Revise Date: 05 March 2016,
Accept Date: 01 January 2017
Abstract
Agricultural waste management is one of the important issues that agricultural producers should consider to increase their income and environmental protection. Therefore, the investigation of factors that reduce the rate of agricultural production wastage as well as citrus production wastage is of utmost consequence in order to manage wastes, reduce environmental degradation and ecosystem destruction, and increase food security and economic growth. Inspired by this assumption, the aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting citrus waste production in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran (N= 7867). A stratified random sampling method was employed to collect data from 165 farmers. The main tool to collect data was a self-designed questionnaire whose content validity was approved by a panel of experts and an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and its reliability was confirmed by calculating a Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α ≥ 0.7).The results of the exploratory factor analysis showed that socioeconomic and technical factors altogether accounted for 60.257% of variances in citrus production wastage.
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