جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « agriculture » در نشریات گروه « علوم ترویج »

One of the basic axes of development is knowledge-oriented production activities. The high vulnerability of the agricultural sector, on one hand, and the high importance of this sector in providing food security, on the other hand, have caused agriculture in Iran to take a step towards becoming knowledge-based. In this regard, production cooperatives by consolidating small lands and applying correct management through the use of scientific methods and Tendency towards using new technology in production can provide the basis for increasing the productivity of this sector. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the state of using new science and modern equipment in the agricultural sector and their effect on the efficiency of cooperatives.

In this study, the types of efficiency of 29 rural production cooperative companies in Mazandaran province are measured using Data Envelopment Analysis method. For this purpose, DEAP2.1 software is used.

The results show that only 17.24% of the investigated cooperatives are efficient in terms of technical and scale, 31.03% in terms of management, 6.90% in terms of allocation and economy. Also, there is a big gap (82.10%) between the technical efficiency of knowledge- based cooperatives and resource- based cooperatives, so it is suggested that the managers of cooperatives in this province should set the cooperatives of Amol as their model and trying in benefiting from new science and technology in production.

, the main goal of the current research is to investigate the causes and factors influencing the migration of rural elites in Cherdavel City located in Ilam province. The statistical population of the present study includes all the elites living in rural areas in the central part of Cherdavel City, and 30 people have been selected and studied as a statistical sample. The tool used in this research includes a researcher-made questionnaire whose content (form) and structural validity and reliability were verified using composite reliability. Data analysis was done through correlation analysis and pattern finding of structural equations using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The preliminary results of the evaluation of the model studied in this research showed that the model has acceptable fit indices. The results of the correlation test showed a significant and negative relationship between the independent variables (natural factors, cultural-social factors, economic factors, service-welfare factors, scientific-educational factors, and psychological factors) with the desire to migrate among the rural elites studied in Cherdavel City of There is the province of Ilam. Also, the modeling of structural equations showed that they had the most influence on the dependent variable, respectively, economic factors (γ = -0.727, t = 42.75), scientific-educational factors (γ = -0.35, 06 t = 9.), natural factors (γ = 0.169, t = 5.6). In general, the independent variables studied have explained 75.6% of the changes in the variance of the migration tendency of the rural elite.

Today, knowledge- based economic has become a strategic and important issue in the economy of different societies and different fields, including agriculture. Since agriculture provides the country's food security, it is important to be knowledge-based. Meanwhile, technological and knowledge-based companies in general and agricultural technological and knowledge-based companies in particular are among the institutions that operate as factories for converting knowledge into goods/services. But these companies in Iran are facing challenges and problems in the path of their growth and development. Therefore, in this research, it was aimed to identify agricultural knowledge- based and technical companies, fairs and startups’ challenges of Mazandaran province.

In order to reach these challenges, the inductive strategy, qualitative data and thematic analysis were used. Data collection was done through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 20 founders or managers of agricultural technology and knowledge-based companies and units located in Mazandaran Science and Technology Park and incubators and the incubators of technological units of Sari university of agricultural sciences and natural resources. Statistical samples were selected using the snowball method and continued until the theoretical saturation point was reached. The ATLAS. ti7.5 software was benefited for data analysis. Also, Peer review method was used to validate the analysis of themes.

The results were 151 basic themes which were determined by ATLAS.ti7.5 quality software. The main themes in this study were “challenges involved in generating ideas and formulating a comprehensive business plan (S1) ","challenges involved in establishing a company in an incubator or Science and Technology Park (S2)", "R&D and sample product production challenges (S3)", "marketing and product and company introduction challenges (S4)", "sales and market stabilization challenges (S5)", "developing new market challenges (S6) " and "market survival and competition challenges (S7)".

Totally, it is suggested that the policies and plans of the law supporting knowledge-based companies should be carefully examined and analyzed; so that they are more compatible with these technological and innovative ecosystems.

The agricultural sector, as one of the important capacities, can play an indispensable role in the economic development of a country. The use of technology in this field plays a vital role in increasing production, enhancing efficiency, and accessing global markets. Advances in emerging technologies have led to a paradigm shift in the agricultural sector. Currently, this revolution, based on digital technologies, is considered a flexible and sustainable solution for transforming agriculture. The aim of this research is to investigate technological trends and their functions in the agricultural value chain towards a successful transition to smart agriculture.

This research is practical in terms of its objective and systematic in terms of data collection. The statistical population of this study includes all English articles published in the field of smart agriculture between 2011 and 2022, available in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. In the first stage, 3257 articles were identified and entered into Vos viewer for scient metric analysis. Then, using the research question and the Prisma approach, 33 articles were selected for full-text qualitative study.

In the quantitative section of this research, using knowledge maps, the growth trend of scientific articles in this field, the determination of journals, research centers, and active countries, identification of authors with the most articles, identification of scientific networks, and evaluation of their influence were determined. In the qualitative section, the research shows that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the most important technological domain in the agricultural sector. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, blockchain, wireless sensor networks, remote sensing, sensors, cloud computing, fog and edge computing, and low-power wide-area networks are classified as convergent technologies and categorized into four groups: data collection, computation and communication, data security and integration, and prediction and classification. It is expected that the generated knowledge will serve as an important basis for managers and policymakers to have a desirable impact on the strategies, policies, and development programs in the agricultural sector.

Based on the identified trends, the government, through the adoption of measures and the creation of appropriate frameworks such as the development of technical infrastructure, investment in human capital, support for research and development, encouragement of smart agriculture, financial support, and the development of guaranteed markets, can contribute to the development of smart agriculture and increased productivity in this sector. Ultimately, this can lead to sustainable development and the enhancement of the country's capabilities.

Based on the goals of sustainable development, a new socio-economic system has emerged, which is known as the shared economy. A shared economy shares resources among people and helps to reduce negative environmental and social effects and costs. Also, the agricultural sector in Iran is prone to negative stability. Therefore, it is necessary to consider strategies to promote and implement the shared economy in the field of agriculture. This study aims to identify the barriers of implementation a shared economy in agriculture in the central plateau of Iran.

This research method is descriptive-survey and is practical in terms of purpose. The statistical sample of this research is 15 experts and farmers in the shared farming fields in the central plateau of Iran, who were selected based on judgmental sampling. In this research, based on the review of the research literature, the barriers to establishing shared farms were identified. Then, based on the opinion of the experts, the identified barriers are localized and a decision tree was formed. Next, the matrices of pairwise comparisons were formed at each level of the decision tree. Finally, the barriers were ranked and prioritized based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method using Expert Choice version 11 software.

Based on the results of the research, the barriers to the implementation of shared farms in the central plateau of Iran were prioritized into four groups economic, social, technical, and stakeholders' barriers. Also, based on the results, in order, capital cost, lack of incentives, lack of willingness to change, lack of technology, and lack of communication platforms are identified as the most important sub-barriers to the implementation of shared farms in the central plateau of Iran.

Based on the results of the research and prioritization of the main and sub-main barriers to the implementation of shared farms, economic barriers and in particular, the capital cost, is the most important barriers to the successful implementation of shared farms in the central plateau of Iran. Therefore, it is suggested that the revenue model and the calculation of ROI are carefully calculated and estimated before the start of the shared farming process and explained to the partners. Also, considering the importance of the lack of incentives as a barrier, it is suggested that in order to promote the culture of shared farming and its successful implementation, material incentives (such as financial support and provision of facilities) and spiritual incentives (such as Appreciation of successful shared farming businesses and social incentives) should be more considered.

Agricultural tourism is one of the most popular sectors of the tourism industry. Agricultural tourism has become one of the important variables for rural development, the movement of tourists to these rural and agricultural areas has contributed to economic development and spatial development of entrepreneurship. In the contemporary world, it has changed the communication methods and lifestyle of agricultural tourists. In this regard, of course, social media provides a medium for communication because then rural areas can use it to promote rural tourism.

In terms of purpose, this research is part of applied research, and in terms of data collection method, it is categorized. The statistical population of this research is the tourists of the target villages of agricultural tourism in Khuzestan province and the sampling method is available. The face validity was calculated using the opinion of research experts and the construct validity of the questionnaire using factor analysis and the reliability of the variables of the questionnaire was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.

The findings of this research showed that the sense of mass perceived on the route coefficient has a positive and significant effect of 26% on the way of interacting with the brand of tourist villages. Also, self-knowledge is one of the influencing variables on the way of interacting with the tourism village brand with a path coefficient of 36% on the way of interacting with the tourism village brand. The way of interacting with a villager has the greatest effect on the intention to travel to rural destinations with the path coefficient - 90%. Also, identification with a path coefficient of 60% has a positive and significant effect on the way of interacting with villagers. The intention of tourists to travel to the target villages of Khuzestan province with a route coefficient of 88% has a positive and significant effect on the development of agricultural entrepreneurship.

The results of this research indicate that the social and psychological characteristics of tourists should be regulated and analyzed in the development of rural agricultural entrepreneurship. The results of t showed that trust in the brand of agricultural tourism areas and the intention to travel to agricultural brand areas are influenced by the way of interaction with the destination brand. On the other hand, the brand of tourism destination villages is influenced by the social and psychological satisfaction of tourists, and these variables can ultimately provide the basis for the development of rural tourism in the study area. The results indicated that tourists' subjective perception of themselves has a positive and significant effect on the ways of interacting with the brand of agricultural areas of Khuzestan province. Also, the findingsshowed that the ways of interacting with the brand of rural tourism destinations have a positive and significant effect on the brand's travel intention. The results indicated that social media has changed the ways of communicating with tourists, and in this regard, it is necessary to pay attention to the values of consumers, the needs and common beliefs of tourists in the brand advertisements of rural areas, and in this regard, variables such as the sense of the perceived mass, self-knowledge, the way of interacting with the villager, self-identification should be paid attention very special.

Entrepreneurship is a vital part of any society and a driving force for employment, growth and competition, and due to various reasons such as contributing to economic development of countries, creating innovation in the market and providing new job opportunities in any strategic plan has a high priority and has been specially considered by planners and policymakers. The purpose of this delay is to present a strategic entrepreneurship model in the agricultural tourism industry

The research method is mixed or a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative section, 16 academic experts, tourism and entrepreneurship managers and experts with semi-structured interviews were collected using data foundation data theory approach. Sampling was done by theoretical and purposeful method. The statistical population were the quantitative part of business owners and tourism industry activists in West Azerbaijan provinces and the sample size was randomly selected using Cochran formula for unknown communities of 400 people. The data collection method was used by library and field methods and the data collection tool was researcher-made in a small part of the questionnaire. For descriptive statistics and structure discovery from exploratory factor analysis used SPSS25 software, for fitting the model and the relationship between variables and test the relationships between the research variables, to determine the convergent and divergent validity of the structure, confirmatory factor analysis and combined reliability (CR) of structural equations method smart pLs 4 software was used.

The final model of causal conditions (diversification of rural and agricultural economy, tendency to agricultural tourism entrepreneurship and competitiveness of small scale businesses), background category (physical and environmental infrastructure of tourism business, institutional policies and support, self-confidence and risk taking and social and cultural factors), intervening conditions (farmers' or farm owners' initiatives, motivational effects and necessary training), and the strategic entrepreneurship model has been formed in the agricultural tourism industry (networking and using relationships, management and organization and public support) which leads to consequences. The results indicate that if the strategies are implemented, it will lead to four consequences: flourishing work opportunities, income growth and productivity, prosperity and development of tourism entrepreneurship and social and cultural development.

The results of this research showed that agricultural tourism with a strategic entrepreneurial approach leads to achievements or consequences such as prosperity of business opportunities, growth of income and productivity, prosperity and development of tourism entrepreneurship and social and cultural development. Its development is important and unavoidable for the sustainable development of the country and then the economic development of the country. In case of correct implementation of strategies such as networking and using relationships, management and organization and public support, it is possible to achieve its consequences. In addition, social and cultural factors are the most effective factors, motivational effects are the most intervention factors, and public support is the most important strategy in the strategic entrepreneurship model in the agricultural tourism industry.

Context and purpose., The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying and prioritizing strategies for recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities in knowledge-based cooperative companies in the agricultural sector.Methodology/approach. In this research, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities were identified based on theoretical foundations, and finally, using the opinion of 30 experts, it was monitored using the fuzzy Delphi method, and strategies for recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities were extracted. And after finalizing the strategies and giving them coefficient and weight with SPSS software, they were evaluated and ranked through the process of hierarchical analysis with the help of Expert Choice 11 software. At this stage, based on the Karjesi-Morgan table, 165 expert experts of knowledge-based cooperative companies active in the agricultural sector were selected as a statistical sample from among 281 companies.Findings and conclusions. Based on the SWOT analysis, the elements of the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition model were identified and after examining the twenty strategies, using the hierarchical analysis technique, the model elements were ranked and analyzed. The findings showed that agricultural knowledge-based businesses play a key role in creating and developing a knowledge-based economy, and economic growth and job creation are realized in accordance with the capacity of innovation and recognition of opportunities.Originality. This study presents the strategic model of recognizing entrepreneurial opportunities according to internal and external factors in knowledge-based cooperatives in the agricultural sector, which provides recognition of new opportunities and, subsequently, the improvement of knowledge-based management in the cooperative sector.

Today, start-up businesses are an inseparable part of the transformation process in global markets. Considering that in our country the acceptance of start-up businesses is increasing, we must look for a solution for the end of these businesses in the current highly competitive market, so the solution to this problem can be found in entrepreneurial exit. The purpose of this research is to design an entrepreneurial exit model with an emphasis on job burnout in start-up agricultural businesses.

The present research is of applied type and based on descriptive-correlation method. The method of collecting factors affecting entrepreneurial exit is identified through interviews with 10 experts, and interpretive structural modeling was used to design the model, and Micmac method with Excel software was used for clustering.

The results showed that the components of constant financial tensions, the occurrence of psychological problems, a decrease in self-confidence and excessive perfectionism at the first level and the lack of resilience spirit at the second level and the components of low quality of work life, lack of enthusiasm for work, intolerance of external problems at the level Third, the components of despair and lack of foresight at the fourth level, weak entrepreneurial personality traits at the fifth level, lack of business economic justification at the sixth level, mental exhaustion at the seventh level, components of not having suitable work experience, lack of attention to people's competence and communication challenges at the eighth level. And the components of inappropriate business environment, lack of sufficient knowledge are at the ninth level, and the components of inappropriate business environment, lack of business economic justification, lack of appropriate work experience, lack of attention to people's competence, communication challenges and lack of sufficient knowledge in the independent cluster, perfectionism components are more than limit, lack of foresight, lack of resilience spirit, occurrence of psychological problems, decrease in self-confidence, lack of enthusiasm for work and disappointment in the dependent cluster and components of low quality of work life, constant financial tensions, mental exhaustion, intolerance of job problems Strength and weakness of entrepreneurial personality traits were placed in the linked cluster.

The basis of the entrepreneurial exit model with an emphasis on job burnout in new agricultural businesses are the components of inappropriate business environment and lack of sufficient knowledge. Finally, it is suggested that training courses be held for the managers of start-up agricultural businesses and by teaching them suitable methods of exit, they will be helped to continue their entrepreneurial life and start-up agricultural businesses have turned into dynamic organizations for the participation of employees with high abilities so that they can adapt to the competitive environment.

Production process including agricultural production plays a significant role for some pollutants like Methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O), leading to the necessity of supplying safe drinking water in rural areas due to pollutants leakage to water resources. Thus, in addition to the policies at the agricultural sector level, other measures should be taken at the farm level. In this context, the current study aims to develop strategies in order to mitigate pollutants emissions emitted from agricultural activities. The possible strategies to dampen the pollutants emissions at farm level were developed based on the current literature and the survey implemented throughout the selected experts in Fars province. The survey was conducted to provide information to rank the strategies. The strategies were ranked using FAHP and TOPSIS techniques. Based on the results, for both agronomy and horticultural, and husbandry activities, effectiveness and cost were ranked more important, assigning three-fourth of the total weight. The results obtained for strategies ranking revealed that for activities in agronomy and horticultural subsector, the prioritized strategies are agricultural machinery and equipment management, plant residue management and managerial activities in general at the farm level. For the husbandry activities, manure scraping method and the animal housing management were ranked with higher importance followed by alteration in animal feed diet.

Agricultural transformation and supplementary industries are one of the most important rural industries. The purpose of this research was to identify technical and managerial solutions to improve fuel efficiency in the conversion and complementary industries in Kermanshah province. Descriptive survey method was used in this research. A questionnaire used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of faculty member and related experts. Pre-test and calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were used to measure the reliability (0.71-0.94). Managers of agricultural transformation and supplementary industries units in Kermanshah province formed the population of this study (N=69) and 46 samples were selected using stratified random sampling. Based on exploratory factor analysis, the most important technical solutions to improve fuel efficiency in the agricultural conversion and supplementary industries of Kermanshah province was summarized in six factors including continuous updating of equipment, strengthening the use of equipment to reduce energy loss, automation of ventilation machines, technical management of systems, replacement of fuel with gas and periodical service of equipment. These factors explained 76.14 percent of the total variance of technical solutions. Management solutions to improve fuel efficiency were also summarized in four factors: investment in optimization and renovation, education and information, targeted government interventions with an optimization approach and reforming energy price policies, which explained 75.52% of the total variance of management solutions.

The rapid changes and developments of science and technology in recent years have made all countries, especially developing countries, face serious and new challenges, which passing through them requires creative and entrepreneurial approaches and methods. Therefore, entrepreneurship is a key element in societies that has a significant impact on productivity, innovation, employment and economic and social growth and development. The aim of the current research is to identify factors and obstacles affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship and strategic planning in this field.

In this research, first by reviewing previous studies and interviewing experts in the field of entrepreneurship, agriculture and agricultural business owners of Kerman province, a set of components of agricultural entrepreneurship were extracted. Then, research data was collected using the questionnaire tool and analyzed using Excel, SPSS and Expert choice statistical software. Finally, based on the matrix of paired comparisons and Fuzzy hierarchical analysis internal and external factors affecting agricultural entrepreneurship were identified and prioritized. SWOT matrix has been used to examine the current situation and formulate effective strategies for the development of agricultural entrepreneurship in Kerman province.

The results of the study indicate that the development of entrepreneurship requires the preparation of cultural and social contexts, cooperation of educational and research systems, administrative and financial structures and other support mechanisms. Based on the results of the SWOT model, revision strategies are the most suitable strategy for the development of agricultural entrepreneurship and agricultural businesses. Also, strategies development of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, cooperation between public and private sectors in financing start-up businesses, consulting with experts and experienced people, revising and revising the structure of higher education, facilitating investment in the initial stages of starting a business, for the improvement and development of agricultural entrepreneurship, have had the first to fifth priority.

According to the obtained results, it can be said that creating entrepreneurship among farmers has been proposed as a new solution in the theory of development to build the capacity of farmers, which is also necessary to control changes in the direction of reforming and improving the agricultural extension system. Also, strengthening the capacity of the research and development department for better access to market information and techniques to improve the decision-making process of farmers with the aim of creating an entrepreneurial spirit and culture among rural communities and agriculture is inevitable. Therefore, it is suggested that education and promotion of entrepreneurial spirit in the agricultural sector and provision of cultural and economic platforms for entrepreneurship should be paid attention to by policy-makers.

The phenomenon of migration of rural youth to cities is one of the most important reasons for not achieving the goals of rural development. Because rural youth are considered as human capital and the lack of employment is an important issue for them that inevitably forces most of the youth to migrate. Based on this, the main question of the research was, which factors are effective in creating employment in the agricultural sector and preventing the migration of rural youth, and which ones have more priority? This research was conducted in 12 villages of Kabudar Ahang. The statistical population consisted of 100,000 people in 124 villages, of which 384 young people were randomly selected using Morgan's table. The data was collected through a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS and PLS software and using the Friedman test. Examining the results of the hypotheses test showed that among the various factors investigated, the economic factor with an average of 3.9 ranks first. This shows that the economic factor is the most important factor of migration from Kabudrahang villages. Also, the geographical-climatic factor has the lowest average of 2.96. It also showed that among the dimensions of employment creation factors, the dimension of establishment of agricultural transformation and supplementary industries with an average of 3.77 and the dimension of handicrafts with an average of 3.63 had the highest and lowest averages, respectively. Employment creation factors strongly predict migration factors by 66%. According to the results of the research, there are several solutions for the development of youth employment in the agricultural sector, among them are the creation of agricultural tourism, the establishment of transformation and complementary industries and packaging, agricultural entrepreneurship, changing the attitude of the youth towards agricultural jobs. and improving productivity

The agricultural higher education system and its institutions have a serious mission for the sustainable development of this sector, considering the vital and pivotal position of the agricultural sector in food security, job creation, environmental protection and rural development. Higher education in agriculture, like other sectors of higher education, faces problems and obstacle. The aim of this study was to identify the challenges and problems in higher agricultural education. The aim of this study was to identify the challenges and problems in higher agricultural education. The approach of this research is qualitative and based on the method of basic theory or data base, in which to collect the required information from a semi-structured interview with 32 academic experts, graduates, agricultural entrepreneurs and jihad managers.Agriculture has been used in Zanjan province. By analyzing the text of the interviews, 335 conceptual statements related to the purpose of the research were extracted during open coding. These concepts, in axial coding, in the form of 82 subcategories during axial coding and then into 7 general categories during selective coding. According to this category, the most important obstacles and problems of agricultural higher education include educational-research, structural, economic, individual-skill, cultural-social, administrative-organizational and infrastructural barriers.

Negative effects of climate change and efforts to reduce them have different impacts on men and women; and women, as important actors and those with significant knowledge and skills, play an important role in adapting to these changes. This study aimed at designing a model of behavior adaptation to climate changes among paddy farmer women in Mazandaran province of Iran, using a developed model of Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). For this purpose, 173 paddy farmer women in the province who cultivated rice in the 2016-2017 crop year were selected through stratified sampling with proportional assignment. A standard questionnaire was used to collect information. The results showed that threat assessment and coping assessment of paddy farmer women had positive and significant effects on their adaptation behavior to climate change; in addition, understanding problems had the greatest impact on threat assessment, and response costs had the greatest impact on their response to climate change. According to the results, it is suggested that public and private bodies related to agriculture, natural resources, climate change as well as international bodies such as the International Committee on Climate Change and the UN Convention on Climate Change be more concerned with teaching conservation and adaptive behaviors and the paddy farmer women should undoubtedly take some measures. The results of this study would help to identify the behaviors that determine women's adaptation to climate change and the strategic interventions needed for their more effective adaptation.