Analysis the Factors Affecting Farmers' Attitudes Toward Organic Farming (The case of Islamabad city)

The main aim current of the descriptive-correlational study was Analysis the factors affecting farmers' attitudes in Islamabad city, toward organic farming. The statistical population of this study was comprised of farmers in Islamabad city (N = 13910). The sample size was 370 using a table Bartlett et al. (2001), and stratified random sampling was used. Data were collected by questionnaire. According to findings, farmers in Islamabad have a moderate attitude towards organic agriculture (mean = 3.6, SD = 0.8). The result of path analysis showed that the variable of Farmers' income had the most significant effect on the farmers attitudes towards organic farming (β= 0.78). Furthermore, the other variables like: Participation in extension courses related to organic farming (β= 0.55), The farmers' access to communication channels (β=0.42), Farmers' knowledge of organic farming (β=0.35), The economic and technical support to government (β=0.32) and the organic market (β= 0.19), had the most effects on the farmers attitudes towards organic farming and respectively ranked in other priorities.