JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
Year:2017 | Volume:9 | Issue:4 (36)|Papers Count:7

The purpose of present study was to the investigation of agricultural experts’ perspectives towards the existence of Bt rice in the food and agricultural chain of the country. The dominant approach in this study is the mixed method. In the qualitative sector at the first data gathered through in-depth interviews with elites from both the executive and educational-research’ centers. The content analysis was used to analysis the data. The sample chose through using purposive sampling method and after achieving the forty-third interview with theoretical saturation the sampling completed. In order to the analysis of the qualitative data, the NVIVO software used. Then in the quantitative sector, a researcher-made questionnaire which its validity and reliability confirmed by a panel of experts and the alpha coefficient more than 0.7 distributed among 108 experts. Data analyzed using SPSS software (V20). Results showed that there are three main perspectives about using of Iranian Bt rice between the respondents include the necessity of using, precautionary using and not using. Also, the results showed that most of the respondents are agree to the label of Bt rice. The most important risk of Bt rice was its exclusive production and the most important benefit of Bt rice was its resistance to the pests and more yield. The results also revealed that there is no significant mean difference between the perception of academicians and practitioners. The result present study can have achievements policy –makers and decision makers related to agriculture and food sector of the country.

The main objective of this study was to investigate the barriers and guidelines in the development of e-learning in the College of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, from the perspective of students (MA and PhD). Scope of this study is faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu Ali Sina. The required data for this study has been developed using a survey method and questionnaire technique. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability in which the reliability of the questionnaire was obtained 0.85. Population samples of this research were the 280 students that were selected by multistage random sampling. The results showed that administrative barriers such the cooperation of science ministry information communication and technology to develop e-learning courses, shortage and lack of local production, the required facilities for e-leaning lack of knowledgeable faculty members in modern educational technologies were the main causes of barriers. Therefore, meeting such administrative barriers lead to e-learning development. Factor analysis was used for data analysis in which the following six factors were identified: motivation barriers, credit barriers, infrastructure barriers, technical limitations, human barriers and facility equipment barriers.

In respect that by proper environmental training can change awareness and attitude of people toward environmental protection. Thus, we can expect that people show environmentally friendly behavior. The Purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational –extension and psychological constructs on the environmental behavior of wheat growers in the Bukan County. To achieve this goal in this research, the survey method, which is from descriptive statistics, was used. The statistical population included 5473 wheat growers which 357 of them were sampled by using the Morgan table. Sampling was carried out through proportional stratified random sampling method. For the data collection, the questionnaire was used. Face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts in this field. Reliability of the was achieved by using the composite reliability (CR). The results of confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the “validity” and “reliability” and “the goodness of fit for the latent variables”. Also Cronbach›s alpha coefficient was calculated which its amount for the different sections of the questionnaire was higher than 07/ that shows the different parts of the questionnaire have appropriate reliability. In order to analyze the data for both descriptive and inferential statistics the SPSSWin22 and LISREL 8.80 were used. The results showed that self-identity and environmental attitudes are main components psychological construct in the field of environmental behavior. Also educational-extensional and psychological factors had a significant and positive impact on environmental behavior and totally 41 percent of dependent variable were explained.

In order to Discriminant analyses of efficient indexes on production of apiaries in East Azerbaijan to define the special relationship between some of the important factors affecting the production and the amount of future production of hive, analytical test done by providing and completing a questionnaire form in apiaries in both breeding and harvesting stages. As the two apiaries producing group i.e. high production group (higher than the average production) and low production group (under average production) using specific parameters were divided and tested. By examining the results and using the statistical analysis methods, the role and the impact of some of the factors affecting production were defined as a linear relationship. This formula makes it possible to predict the amount of apiary production before harvest, as by comparison of the resulting value for an apiary based on intended parameters with the obtained indicator, we can predicted its production and in the case of low .performance, beekeeper urged to fix existing bugs.

Regional planning is one of the important issues in community development. The purpose of this article was to analyze agricultural regional development strategies using an analytical- descriptive method. The area of the study was Hamedan province with 9 townships that the necessary data and information were gathered using both a deep documentary review and an applied survey. TODIM software was applied to analyze the data. Also, in order to classify the collected data based on different region, GIS software used accordingly and at the end, using SWOT analytical some regional strategies for agricultural development of the study area were proposed. The main findings showed that there is obvious differentiation between 9 townships of the province based on agricultural indicators. In this case, based on the results obtained, Malayer Township (T=1) was identified the developed region and Famenin Township (T=0) as the poorest or undeveloped one. In this study, findings indicate that in undeveloped area, Defensive Approach as the Focal Approach or main approach in SWOT analysis. However, in developing area, the Revision Approach and in developed area Offensive Approach were recognized as suitable approach accordingly.

The first step to cope with the drought and its consequences is understanding of drought and its effects in various dimensions. Understanding of effective strategies and solutions can be used. Present work was conducted with the aim of studying Farmers› perception of drought consequences in South Khorasan Province. The statistical population of research was the south Khorasan villagers as third dry province in the country. Informed people were selected by snowball method and the data was collected through in depth interviews and direct observation. Data analysis was performed based on Colaizzi method. Based on this method, Farmers› questioned concepts about consequences of drought were classified in three distinct sections, including economic consequences, environmental consequences and socio- psychological consequences. Then each section and its mentioned concepts were interpreted and appropriate recommendations and suggestions were presented and finally the results of research were compared with figures published by governmental organizations and agencies as well.