tayebeh cheraghi; roya eshraghi; Alireza Poursaeed; marjan vahedi; mohammad bagher arayesh
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Nomads make a significant contribution to the country's economic prosperity.One of the strategies for achieving job security in nomadic areas is education and extension.This study is conducted with a mixed perspective and with the aim of evaluating the level of learning and examining the impact of agricultural ...
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Nomads make a significant contribution to the country's economic prosperity.One of the strategies for achieving job security in nomadic areas is education and extension.This study is conducted with a mixed perspective and with the aim of evaluating the level of learning and examining the impact of agricultural education on employment and livelihood sustainability of Ilam nomads. The qualitative part of the research was done by the basic theory method and the quantitative part was done by the quasi-experimental method.The statistical population in the qualitative section were 24 helpers promoting nomads in Ilam.The sampling method used was snowball and information from nomads was collected through interviews.Findings in the coding process were classified into concepts.The results showed that the factors affecting the sustainability of nomadic livelihood in Ilam province include six components that extension training plays a significant role in this regard.In a quantitative section to evaluate the amount of learning and the effect of education on employment and livelihood sustainability, among 60 nomadic promoters in Ilam, 40 were selected using purposive sampling in 1398,of which 21 in the workshop and another 20control group in the study.A pre-test-post-test questionnaire was used to collect data.The reliability of the test was determined using Cronbach's alpha and its validity was determined using the opinion of the steering committee.For data analysis, spss21 software and Scheff test were used.The results showed that the knowledge and ability of nomads to carry out economic activities before and after the training of medicinal plants production was significantly different.
Agricultural education
Arezoo Pirozeh; roya eshraghi; Mohammad Bagher Arayesh; marjan vahedi
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The purpose of current applied research was to explain the promotional educational factors affecting the sustainability of the supply chain of healthy agricultural products. The research was conducted with a mixed exploratory perspective. The participants of the research in the hierarchical analysis ...
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The purpose of current applied research was to explain the promotional educational factors affecting the sustainability of the supply chain of healthy agricultural products. The research was conducted with a mixed exploratory perspective. The participants of the research in the hierarchical analysis section included 45 experts related to the research topic who were involved in extracting, ranking and weighting the criteria and sub-criteria of sustainable supply chain and determining the importance of educational-extension methods in sustainability of supply chain of healthy agricultural products. Also, in the quantitative section, the statistical population of the study consisted of all farmers participating in training and extension courses related to supply chain management supported by the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Ilam Province in 2020 and 2021 years. The sample size was determined using the sampling table of Bartlett et al. Data were collected using a questionnaire and the apparent and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by a group of experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated by the sequential alpha (α = 0.98). The results of hierarchical analysis showed the most important factors for the sustainability of the supply chain of healthy agricultural products were economic, social, and environmental factors. Also, Result and Method demonstration method was the most appropriate extension training method for the sustainability of the supply chain of healthy agricultural products. Logistic regression analysis revealed that promotional educational factors confirmed 72% of variance of the stability of the supply chain of healthy agricultural products.
roya Eshraghi samani
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To encourage farmers contribution in extension training expenses requires special treatment. This article dealing with factors affecting wheat farmers willing to pay for agriculture extension services in Ilam Province. The statistical population consisted of 57,262 wheat farmers, out of which 381 farmers ...
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To encourage farmers contribution in extension training expenses requires special treatment. This article dealing with factors affecting wheat farmers willing to pay for agriculture extension services in Ilam Province. The statistical population consisted of 57,262 wheat farmers, out of which 381 farmers were selected as research sample through stratified random sampling method according to the Morgan table. Data collection tool was a researcher-designed questionnaire. Face and content validity of the questionnaire were confirmed by a panel of agriculture extension and education experts at Ilam Islamic Azad University. The construct validity was also confirmed by two-criterion convergent validity (AVE=0.79, CR = 0.85). Reliability of the questionnaire was estimated by ordinal alpha coefficient (α=0.84). Logistic regression model applied through Eviews8 software. It was found that, only 28.08% of respondents expressed their willingness to pay for agriculture extension services. According to the regression estimation, factors influencing wheat growers’ willingness to pay for agriculture extension services in Ilam, included farmers’ educational background, income from non-agricultural sources, wheat cultivation area, experience in wheat growing, satisfaction with extension services, and willingness to use extension services. Except the factor ‘having income from non-agricultural sources, all other factors had positive impact on wheat growers’ willingness.
