Wheat farmers' perceptions of sustainable agriculture : the case of Kermanshah Province of Iran

Joint Authors

Agahi, Husayn
Ghambarali, Rezvan
Afsharzade, Nashmil

Source

مجلة الفرات للعلوم الزراعية

Publisher

University of Babylon College of Agriculture (Previously) / Al-Qasim Green University College of Agriculture (Currently)

Publication Date

2011-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Agriculture

Topics

• Farmers
• Attitudes
• Agriculture
• Sustainable agriculture

English Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate wheat farmers' perceptions towards sustainable agriculture.

The sample included 140 farmers that were determined using Cochran (1977) formula.

The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were 0.86 for the scales of perception.

The findings revealed that farmers have good perception about sustainable practices such as resource conservation, negative effects of agrochemicals, pests' invasion arising from successive cultivation.

However, there was moderate attitude towards the negative environmental effects of modern agricultural technologies.

Regarding negative long-term effects of agrochemicals on agricultural productivity and low tillage, respondents has negative perception.

It was found that there should be a relationship between a numbers of socioeconomic factors, such as education, information sources’ use, extension participation, and the perception towards sustainable agricultural practices.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-333232

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