Analyzing the Influence of Information and Communication Technology on Agricultural Supply Chain Products (The case of central District of Falavarjan County)

The purpose of present research was to analyze the influence of information and communication technology on Agricultural supply products chain. In this regard, About 220 Farmers of the central district of Falavarjan County were selected as research sample by using Cochran sampling technique. After confirming the face validity of the questionnaire by faculty members of the Rural Development, its reliability was assessed using Cronbach's Alpha from 0.82 to 0.94. The results showed that there were significant differences in the use of agricultural supply chain among different groups of farmers based on their age, income and education. Also, according to the results, there were positive and significant relationships between farmer's income and educational level as independent variables and adoption of ICT as dependent variable. Moreover, there was a negative and significant relationship between respondent's age and dependent variable. On the other hand, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that variables such as educational level and adoption of ICT had positive and significant effects on agricultural supply chain as these variables could explain 34.6 percent of the variances of the supposed dependent variable.