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Cooperative organization as a people-oriented institution brings great benefits to the agricultural community. As a result, the intention to participate in such an institution is very important. Therefore, this research was conducted to explain the factors affecting the willingness of farmers to participate in collective and cooperative activities. In this research, descriptive-correlational research method and survey technique was used to collect data. The statistical population of the study included all farmers in Mazandaran province, including 336532 people that Using Krejcie and Morgan sampling table, the number of samples was determined and using multi-stage random sampling method, 333 people were selected as the sample. The validity of the researcher-made questionnaire was confirmed by several experts and faculty members of agricultural extension and education and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data obtained through the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency, percentage, mean) and inferential statistics (correlation coefficients and Chi-square, stepwise regression and factor analysis). The results showed that the studied farmers have a moderate willingness to cooperate with other farmers. Attitudes toward teamwork and the number of visiting to the experts are also two variables that explain 36% of the changes in farmers' willingness to participate in cooperatives. Improving attitudes, increasing the number of visiting to experts and removing barriers to participation can increase farmers' willingness to participate in cooperative and group activities.

The evidences of fertilizers consumption in Hamedan show that farmers are applying fertilizers in a non-standard and excessive manner therefore, in long-term they will harm the environment and human health. Since,this farmers' behavior as chemical fertilizer users is influenced by various factors.The main purpose of this applied research was to investigate the effect of knowledge,attitude andbehavioral intentiononthe farmers' behaviorfertilizerapplication behavior in Hamadan.The statistical populationof the studyincluded14,200potato farmers working in the central district of Hamadan city which375farmers were determined by using Morgan's sampling table.To select samples,a random sampling method was used and the samples ofeachvillage selected in terms of proportional method.Thedata collectiontool was a questionnaire.Diagnostic validity method was used to assess the validityof the research questions thatshowed avalue higherthan0.5 (AVE≤0.5) and accept able for thevariables.In order tocalculatethereliability, thecomposite  reliabilitymethod  wasused,and it was higher than 0.75 (CR≥0.75)and acceptable for constructs.The datawere analyzed using structural equation modeling with partial least squares approach and softwareof SmartPLS version3.0.The results showed that knowledge withintermediate role of attitude and behavioral intention has a positiveand significant association with farmers'behavior.This indicates the farmers have adequate intention to obtain knowledge and information about the proper use of chemical fertilizers.The results also revealed that farmers 'attitudes have a positive and significant effecton farmers' behavior in using chemical fertilizers.Moreover,attitude with intermediate roleof behavioral intention has apositive and significant effect on behavior.Therefore,it can be concluded that there is a positive attitude about the use of chemical fertilizers among the farmers in the region.

The agricultural extension system of Iran has faced various climatic, ecological, economic, and social challenges during the past two decades. In order to manage the chronic problems of agricultural extension in the country and improve its structure and organization, the New Agricultural Extension System (NAES) was designed and implemented. This survey study aimed to investigate the effects of the NAES on knowledge, information, and behavior of farmers in Fars Province. The study area included Jihad Agricultural Centers of Fars Province that were used as the pilots to study the impact of the NAES which included 95 parcels of 14 Jihad Agricultural Centers. The sample size (n=260) was determined based on the table of Krejcie and Morgan. The data was collected through a questionnaire and a multi-stage random sampling method was employed to select the samples. A panel of experts confirmed the face validity of the questionnaire. Also, a pilot study was performed to evaluate the reliability of the instrument. The results revealed that farmers were relatively satisfied with the services provided by the NAES. Also, comparison of farmers' knowledge and information before and after implementation of NAES indicated significant increases in awareness of technical, infrastructural, general, and supportive services. However, the study ascertained that the level of farmers’ usage of the extension services was moderate.

Neglecting the activities regarding environment conservation has been criticized by many agricultural experts of Iran. Therefore, the crisis of agricultural development in the country was attributed to the conventional agricultural system and its related problems and a new pattern of agriculture has been emphasized in order to achieve sustainable development. Alternative agriculture has been presented as one the solutions toward sustainable development. Oraganic agriculture is highly recommended as an acceptable productive system of sustainable farming. Cureently, organic farming is defined as an art of green agriculture. According to the novelty of this kind of farming in agriculture sector of Iran, analysis of the farmers` knowledge regarding the principles of organic agriculture was the main aim of the study. This research was accomplished using survey and structured questionnaire in order to collect required data from a random sample of 168 of farmers of Bushehr province. Based of findings, educated farmers have more knowldege about organic farming, so this kind of agriculture has been use by more educated farmers, as well. There was a significant difference between different groups of farmers in terms of risk taking personality and organic technique use in agricultural activities. Risk taker farmers were used organic agriculture more than the others. TV programs, farmers` discussion groups and communication with Organization of Agriculture Jihad were the main applicable communicative mehods which have been used by farmers in order to get required knowledge about organic farming, respectively. At last, some applicale recommendations were presented to train farmers regarding organic agriculture as well as effective behavioral changes of them towards organic farming.

AbstractThe use of integrated pest management as one of the conservation technologies in agriculture is needed. The purpose of this study is investigating and assessing the effect of Godin Kongharder Farmer's participation on farmer's attitudes toward Integrated Pest Management in terms of Environmentalistic and pest control. The research in terms of its nature domain is quantitative research and in terms of its goal is an applied research, In terms of controlling variables, is causal-correlation. The studied statistical population consist of 117 farmer from the Goodin town in Kangavar in 1394 and 1395, who have participated in Farmer Field School integrated pest management extension education in 2016 . research toof to collecting data was a structured questionnaire which its validity, according to agricultural extension experts and its reliability using the ordinal theta coefficient was set 0.87. The results of ordinal regression analysis indicated that, farmer field school approach has been effective on the farmer attitude toward ability of the integrated pest management to control pests and diseases, reduce production costs and reduce chemical inputs, also toward environmentalism of integrated pest management to protect the safety of products and protect soil quality and farmers field school approach have been able to explain between 13 and 46 percent of the dependent variable variations (farmer's attitudes toward IPM).

Drought is a climate catastrophic that rural communities have always facing with its multiple effects of that, including: economic and social problems. The purpose of this study was to measure the attitude of farmers towards drought and its related factors in Zanjanroud basin of Zanjan city. Descriptive survey method was used in this research. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. 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 (0.74). Farmers in Zanjanroud watershed formed the population of the study and 140 samples were selected using cluster sampling. The findings of the study showed that the attitude of farmers to drought and its management is somewhat more justice than rational and farmers have little faith in the possibility of reducing the effects of drought with drought management practices. The result of Correlation analysis showed that there is significant and inverse relationship between age and attitudes to drought and a significant positive correlation between education and income with attitudes to drought. The result of stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that 24.8 percent of the variability in the attitude to drought explained by two variables including income and age

Use of chemical inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers have increased agricultural production and productivity. However, negative externalities from such use e.g. damage to agricultural land, safety and quality of food, human health and environmental health etc. have increased too. Encouraging farmers to reduce the use of these inputs as a sustainability index requires investigating the current situation of farmers and related factors with their behavior. The purpose of this descriptive- correlation study was to investigate farmer's attitude towards sustainable agriculture and its relation with their using rate of chemical inputs use in Asadabad Township. Statistical population consisted of all farmers in Asadabad Township in 2011 of which a sample of 294 were randomly selected and it was randomized stratified sampling method based on Cochran's formula. The research is done by a researcher-constructed questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was verified by a panel of experts in related field. To check its reliability, a Chronbach's Alpha coefficient was computed which was 0.85. Results indicated that 78.2 % of respondents had positive attitude toward sustainable agriculture. In addition, there was negative and significant correlation between farmer's using rate of chemical inputs with their attitude toward sustainable agriculture. Correlation between their use of available related knowledge and sustainable agriculture was positively meaningful.

The population of the planet is increasingly dependent on irrigation for food. Access to water in Iran like other arid and semi-arid regions of the world is a major limiting factor for agricultural production. Appropriately treated domestic sewage can be regarded as ideal for irrigation and fertilization purposes, particularly in the (semi)arid climate regions. However, the sustainability of wastewater use in agricultural production as perceived by farmers is a major issue. Therefore, the aim of this research was to find the determinants of farmers’ attitudes towards different sustainability dimensions of wastewater use in agricultural production in two villages in Marvdasht county, Fars province, Iran. A survey research was used with systematic random sampling technique to select 99 farmers from the 203 who irrigated their farm with wastewater. The findings indicated that the most important determinants of different dimensions of sustainability are farmer's knowledge and wastewater management skills. Recommendations are offered to improve the sustainability of wastewater use for crop production.

Considering the importance of insurance in encouraging agricultural investments، this study try to evaluates the financial performance of agricultural insurance by using subjective and objective approaches in Hamadan province. The data collected by interviewing 381 farmers through two-stage cluster sampling and from the annual performance reports of Agricultural Insurance Fund (AIF) for 2003-2010. The results of objective assessment show that crop insurance coverage has many variations and the farmers have weak tendency for taking out the horticulture insurance. Analyzing the farmer''s share of the premium paid for the different products show no clear pattern of the governmental funds for supporting farmers. Furthermore، on the indemnity payment، AIF is dependent on governmental subsides، on average pays 4 Rials indemnity per 1 Rials premium. Evaluation of the AIF''s portfolio with respect to government''s share of the premium shows the profitability of irrigated wheat، irrigated barely، canola، grapes، apricot and almond and no profitability of any crops with no government aids. On the other hand، the findings of subjective evaluation show that the insured and uninsured farmers respectively have positive and negative attitudes toward the financial performance of AIF.

A look at evolutional trend of different approaches to rural and agricultural development indicates the effective role of farmers and local people in problem solving and basic decision making. The change in approaches from pure scientific orientation to participatory orientation and the rejection of this assumption that farmers are the limiting factors of development is a confirmation to the importance of the role of farmers and local people in the achievement of development. In this direction, comprehensive development is not limited to hardware dimension, but includes a software dimension which is not different from behaviors, views, preferences, and beliefs of farmers and local people. In this documentary study, the role and importance of behaviors and attitudes, their interrelationships, and their applications in agricultural extension and rural development studies were examined. A correct knowledge of farmers attitudes and behaviors in different situations can lead to a better and more efficient design and planning of development projects, such that it can be highly adapted to the needs and problems existing in the rural and agricultural sector.