Factors affecting the use of climate-smart agricultural technologies among wheat farmers in Alborz province with a planned behavior approach

Subject Areas : Agriculture Marketing and Commercialization

Seyed Mohamad Khademi Noshabadi ¹ , Maryam Omidi Najafabadi ² , Mehdi Mirdamadi ³

1 - Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Economics, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2023-07-03 Accepted : 2023-09-27 Published : 2023-12-01

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