seyed davood hajimirrahimi; S. R. Moosavi Davijani
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Agricultural sector is the center of resistance economy development in the country and due to its various dimensions and technological progress; there are many job opportunities to increase productivity in this sector. Considering the predominance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) businesses businesses ...
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Agricultural sector is the center of resistance economy development in the country and due to its various dimensions and technological progress; there are many job opportunities to increase productivity in this sector. Considering the predominance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) businesses businesses in the agricultural sector, human resource development, reinforcing the social, physical, financial capital and the business environment can boost the economic prosperity of these businesses. Considering the position of the agricultural sector in the economic changes of Alborz province, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors affecting the economic prosperity of small and medium agricultural businesses by survey method and a questionnaire instrument. The statistical population in this study was 404 agricultural business owners in Alborz province. Sampling was done using Cochran's formula and the number of samples was 200. The sampling method was random.The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the Expert panel. The reliability of the study was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test and combined reliability. The results showed that the business environment (%75 Impact factor) and human resources (%25 Impact factor) have a significant positive effect on the economic prosperity of SMEs. Among them, "Joint cooperation in infrastructure", "Holding conferences, exhibitions and introducing new agricultural ideas", "Business unit communication structure and information transfer between colleagues", "Continuous training of human resources" "And the participation of skilled people" have the highest priority in the economic prosperity of small and medium-sized agricultural businesses.
leila zolikhaei sayyar; karim naderi mahdeei; reza movahedi
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The main aim of this correlation-casual study was to analysis the effects of extension education factors on agricultural water sustainable management (AWSM) in Hamedan province. The study was an applied research in terms of goal and it has used a surveying method in terms of data gathering. The study's ...
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The main aim of this correlation-casual study was to analysis the effects of extension education factors on agricultural water sustainable management (AWSM) in Hamedan province. The study was an applied research in terms of goal and it has used a surveying method in terms of data gathering. The study's population were all agricultural water experts, faculty members, as well as researchers enrolled in Agricultural Research Center of Hamedan province (N=130). A researcher made questionnaire was used for collecting data. In this phase, 97 samples were selected according to Morgan's table in order to complete the data. In description part for ranking the extension education factors both TOPSIS and SAW were used as well as in analytical part A structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology by PLS software was used to determine the proportion of the independent variables (extension education factors, attitude) in predicting the dependent variable (AWSM). The results showed that 19 percent of the dependent variable (AWSM) variance could be determined by the variables extension education factors and attitude. Among the extension education factors, the mass media factor was shown as the highest and the most important with a 0.255 coefficient.
