Explaining Factors Effecting on Horticulture Sector's Sustainability (Case Study of Urmia County)

Sustainability and safety of agricultural products, particularly horticultural products, have a great importance in human nutrition community and can be a major factor on protection of sources and improving human health. The purpose of this study was to explain effective factors on sustainability of horticulture sector in Urmia County. This research based on aim is applied, on the basis of data collection is a library and field research with descriptive - survey type. The sample population consisted of 130 people from Gardeners were selected by using Morgan table. Multistage sampling was used to determine samples. The research instrument was consisted of researcher-made questionnaire that its validity confirmed with a supervisor, advisor. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to measure reliability of different sections and its value was determined 0.87. Based on the findings, most of Gardeners about 41.5% had bachelor degree or higher. The average of work experience of gardening work among respondents was about 23 years and 77.7% of them had gardening work as their primary occupation. The results of factor analysis showed that effective factors on sustainability of horticulture sector in Urmia county can be classified in 7 factors, that totally explained 80.8% variance of effective factors.