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Ponds are large storage pools that arises from the excavation of an area, embankment and its consolidation by creating walls and fences. ponds have multiple uses, in addition to storing agricultural water, they are also used for bird hunting and fishing, etc. Therefore, due to the importance of ponds, the overall purpose of this research was Investigating the legal (property rights) and the operating system of ponds of Guilan province from the perspective of exploiting farmers. This is an applied, descriptive-survey and mixed quantitative-qualitative of concurrent-triangulation mixed methods design. The statistical population of the study is the villagers exploiting the ponds of Soomehsara, Fooman and Shaft cities located in the west of Gilan province, which were selected completely randomly. Research data collection was done through library and field study. The researcher-made questionnaire was the main tool for collecting information required for this research, the validity of which was performed by ten university professors and experts , the reliability was confirmed with a value of 0.83. The result showed that in the opinion of farmers exploiting the ponds , ineffective in developing the area under rice cultivation, increasing the annual income from other occupations (non-rice cultivation), and developing sub-jobs. In supplying rice water, participation in water distribution, job creation and annual income of rice cultivation, farmers' satisfaction with the main and secondary jobs, improving the economic and social situation of farmers have an effect and the relationship between this Variables are significant. It was also found that the relationship between the attitudes of exploitative farmers and the variables related to the the legal system and operation governing ponds (how to distribute water, satisfaction with how to distribute other by-products of ponds, satisfaction The protection of the ponds and the government's policies for the survival of the ponds) are significant and positive.

Soil erosion is of the important global challenges for agricultural and food production. The indiscriminate intervention of man in the nature is of the main reasons for erosion. The success of any conservation program requires an understanding of the various aspects of human behavior. Behaviors are mainly emerge from the people’s knowledge and attitudes. Farmers' attitudes can influence their behavior to adopt conservation practices. Studying the attitude and behavior of farmers towards conservation practices can play a crucial role to help managers and decision makers in understanding the reason for farmers' conservation behavior and to modify and improve it. Several studies have been conducted worldwide on the adoption and application of soil and water conservation methods. Many of them have focused on the purely socioeconomic aspects of the adoption. While the current study examined the attitude of farmers towards conservation practices, access to facilities for and barriers to the application of these practices. The study also examined the perceptual-attitudinal and socioeconomic aspects affecting the implementation of conservation practices. Therefore, the conservation behavior of farmers in Talkhehrood basin in Harris County, East Azarbaijan province has been studied from different aspects.

The aim of this study was to investigate the attitude towards conservation practices and the application of these practices. Survey research method was used in this study. A sample of 220 farmers was selected using Cochran's sampling formula and the necessary data were collected using a face to face interviewing procedure. The random multistage sampling method was used to select the sample farmers. The instrument of the study was a questionnaire. Most sections of the questionnaire was in the form of 5-points Likert items. It was validated by a panel of university staffs and field experts of agricultural and natural resources. A pilot study was conducted using 30 farmers from out of the sample villages for reliability and correction of the questionnaire. The calculated values of Cronbach’s alpha showed that the questionnaire has sufficient reliability.

The results showed that farmers had a positive attitude towards conservation practices. Among the 12 selected conservation practices, compost application, dredging of irrigation canals, weeding and retaining crop residues were at the above-average level. The use of other methods was below the average. Creating windbreaks and flood dam was very weak. Respondents perceived that land fragmentation and lack of financial ability were the most important obstacles to the application of conservation practices. Significant correlations were found between the implementation of most conservation practices. Based on the regression analyses, attitude and access to facilities were the most important perceptual-attitudinal factors, as well as education and farming experiences were the most important socio-economic factors explaining the implementation of conservation methods.

The results showed that while farmers had a relatively positive attitude towards soil and water conservation practices, they implemented low-cost and quick-return practices using available facilities. Due to the lack of financial abilities, the use of practices that required financial investment was not very common among them. Removing barriers and restrictions, providing the necessary facilities and providing educational and extension programs can be effective in promoting the implementation of these practices.

The agricultural sector is the largest consumer of water in the world and Iran. Since the Iran is a country with limited water resources, planning for optimal management of water resources is essential. According to the fact that any plan will not succeed without the participation of farmers, the purpose of this descriptive -correlation study was to study factors affecting farmer's participation in water resource management. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of academic experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (0.77-0.83). Farmers in Miandoab city formed the population of the study and 134 samples were selected using cluster sampling. The results showed that the level of participation of farmers in water resource management was moderate, with an average of 3.37 on a 5-point Likert scale. Result of multivariate stepwise regression analysis showed that six variables including farmers 'knowledge about the management of water resources in agriculture, the farmer's knowledge of concepts and methods of participation, competency officials and civil servants in the implementation of irrigation projects from the perspective of farmers, the attitude toward participate in water conservation projects, the convergence of social cohesion and morale of farmers and the use of agricultural loans explained 45.4 percent of variance of participation in water resource.

Variable rate technology-spraying technologies are new aspect of sustainable agriculture. In these technologies, the chemical is applied in the needed level of farm where there is a high intensity of pests and weeds. The purpose of this paper was to study the agricultural specialists' attitude toward and intention to use variable rate technology-spraying technologies in Jihad-e-Keshavarzi organization of Fars and Khuzestan provinces. A survey was conducted using a stratified random sampling to collect data from 249 agricultural specialists. The results showed that the specialists of Fars and Khuzestan provinces have intentions to use the variable rate technology-spraying technologies. The variables including attitude toward application, trialing, perceived usefulness, compatibility, and attitude of confidence all influence the intentions to use the variable rate technology-spraying technologies. Based on high positive intention of agricultural specialists, we recommend the use of these technologies in agricultural practices of the two provinces.

The purpose of this study was to investigate dairy farmers' attitudes regarding the quality of milk and role of training in improving the quality of milk. The study was implemented in two parts. The first part was survey research and 6200 dairy farmers were the target population for this study in Golpayegan Township, Iran. Dairy farmers were selected using stratified randomization sampling method (n= 130). In the second part, 12 dairy farmers were selected. Plate count and lipid percentage of milk in 12 dairy farms were determined in a completely randomized block design with 2 treatments and 3 replications. The results of the study showed positive and statistically significant relationship between independent variables (sex, educational level, membership in dairy :::union:::s, knowledge and participation in educational programs) and dependent variable (attitude). Results of analysis of variances showed that plate count and lipid percentage in the two treatments were significantly different.

The continuous rapid development of telecommunications and computer-based information technology (IT) is probably one of the biggest factors of change in agricultural extension, which will facilitate and reinforce other changes. There are many possibilities for the potential applications of the technology in agricultural extension, about which attitudes of extension professionals is highly important. The present study was conducted to assess the attitude of extension professionals which can affect the adoption of IT by extension system. The population of the study consisted of 1145 extension professionals working throughout the country in different provinces. Using a stratified random sampling technique, 241 extension experts were selected as the sample for the study. The reliability and validity of the tools of study were confirmed by a pilot study and expert judgment. The results of the study indicated that the respondents had higher knowledge on word processing softwares, windows and file management in the area of computer application. In contrast, in the area of internet application they were mainly interested in getting information from specialized sites, searching by search engines of Yahoo and Google and exchanging e-mails. Correlation analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between the attitude of extension professionals and their age, educational attainments, knowledge of IT, its application and English language proficiency. Meanwhile, there was a significant difference between attitudes of male and female extension experts towards IT.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the factors affecting farmers’ attitudinal dimensions toward participation in Water Users’ Association (WUA) by comparing two groups of farmers in irrigation networks with WUA and without it. The methodological approach was a descriptive-correlational and causal-comparative study of the survey type. The target population in the study consisted of 2551 farmers of irrigation networks in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, Iran. Using stratified random sampling technique, 335 participants were chosen. Data were collected through a questionnaire, and analyzed using SPSS, V.13. Content and face validity of the instrument were obtained by the faculty members of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agronomy and Irrigation Departments at Tarbiat Modarres University and also specialists board of Agricultural Jihad Organization and Regional Water Joint-stock Company in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province. The reliability analysis was conducted and cronbach’s alpha values for the various sections of instrument were estimated between 0.73 and 0.86. The descriptive findings of the study showed that the majority of farmers’ overall attitude with respect to participation in WUA was at a good level. The results obtained from Pearson correlation analysis indicated that there are significant and positive relationships between such variables as education level, size of irrigated cultivated landholding, annual income, extension contacts, social capital components, water users’ perceptions regarding irrigation networks status and farmers’ participation status concerning irrigation networks management with the farmers’ overall attitude toward participation in WUA. The result of stepwise multivariate regression analysis indicated that 61.1% (R2 = 0.611) of the variance in farmers’ attitudes with respect to participation in WUA could be explained by farmers’ behaviour regarding optimum farm water management, social participation, social confidence, water users’ perceptions regarding irrigation networks status, farmers’ participation status concerning irrigation networks management. Also, significant differences were found between the two respondent groups in irrigation networks with WUA and without it in relation to farmers’ attitudinal dimensions.

Changing agricultural experts' attitude toward sustainability principles and perceptions is essential to create sustainable agriculture. Various studies had shown that permanent changes are not easily accessible to maintain ecological values. Therefore preparing effective information channels and precautions leading to communication system firmness are important challenges ahead. The purpose of the present research was the evaluation of caricature effects on attitude change of Jihad Agriculture Organization experts concerning sustainable agriculture in Shiraz. A Quasi-experimental research method was devised for three groups consisting of two experimental and one control group. A Pre- and a Post-test were also administered. Eighty experts from Jihad Agriculture Organization were selected in a simple randomized sampling manner. Based on research theories, questions were devised and data were collected through a questionnaire. Its validity and reliability were determined by specialists and Cronbach's Alpha, respectively. The results indicated that workshops had changed experts' attitude toward sustainability principles and perceptions and workshops with caricature had the most influences on the change of attitudes. Thus the use of caricature is significant to establish sustainable agricultural principles and perceptions in experts at local level conditions.

Today, privatization of agricultural extension services is recognized as an appropriate approach to compensate for any weakness that the traditional extension system might have. The primary objective of this research was to study the attitude of the national top managers (including general managers, their deputies, and extension managers) of Jihad-e Keshavarzi Organizations (JKO), toward privatization of agricultural extension. Twenty JKOs from 20 provinces were randomly selected for study. A questionnaire was developed to the gather information needed and 107 general managers, deputies, and extension managers were randomly selected for this purpose. A pilot test was conducted on a similar population and reliability coefficients of (A Cronbach Alpha) 81%, and 89% were obtained for the attitude and managerial characteristics of the questionnaire respectively. The results showed that 93.83% of the subjects had either “positive” or “relatively positive” attitude toward privatization of agricultural extension. The majority of the subjects indicated that privatization of extension could provide a “supplementary means to complement the existing public extension services”. A hierarchical regression analysis indicated that the independent variables collectively are responsible for 17.4% (R2 =0.174) of the variation in dependent variables. This indicates that a considerable amount of variances in dependent variables are yet unaccounted for that could be explained by variables that were not investigated in this study (requiring further study).