Challenges of Applying Sustainable Environmental Operations Among Wheat Farmers in Khorramabad

Document Type : Applied Article

Authors

• salam savari ¹
• fatmeh naghi bayranvand ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran.

² Ph.D. Student, Department of Extension, Communication and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran

10.22067/jwsd.v8i4.2106.1054

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of the Analysis of the challenges of applying sustainable environmental operations. The statistical population of the study was all households of wheat farmers in Khorramabad County (N = 12500). The sample size was determined using Cochran's sampling formula of 240 heads of farmers' households. The data collection tool was a questionnaire whose validity was determined by a panel of experts including faculty members of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Sciences, and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, and its reliability for communication channels and water protection behavior were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and combined reliability method, respectively.  Data analysis was performed in two sections of descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS and Lisrel8.54 software. The results of this prioritization of the challenges of implementing sustainable environmental operations based on farmers' perspectives showed that the most important challenges in this sector included "inappropriate organizational structure for effective policy making" and "lack of extension and training courses". In addition, the results of factor analysis classified the known challenges into three factors: educational and professional challenges, policy and institutional challenges, and economic and supportive challenges, of which 42.69% explained the variance of all factors

Keywords

• Sustainable Operations
• Wheat Farmers
• Sustainable Development
• Factor Analysis
• Khorramabad County

20.1001.1.24235474.1400.8.4.11.6

Main Subjects

• Water, Ecosystem and Environment

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