Rice Farmers’ Behaviors and Attitudes toward Agricultural Extension Programs in Healthy Food Production (Case of Lahijan and Amlash Counties, Northern Iran)
محورهای موضوعی : Education and training
فاطمه عسکری بزایه
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(دانشجوی دکتری جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی روستایی در دانشگاه خوارزمی، کارشناس خبره پژوهشی مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی گیلان، ایران)
فتح الله کشاورزشال
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(دکتری تخصصی جغرافیای انسانی و مدیر گروه برنامه ریزی و توسعه مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی گیلان رشت، ایران)
زهرا مجیب حققدم
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(دانشجوی دکتری حشره شناسی کشاورزی در دانشگاه گیلان، کارشناس ارشدپژوهشی مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی گیلان، رشت، ایران)
پریسا شاهین رخسار
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(دانشجوی دکتری آبیاری و زهکشی در دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، عضو هیات علمی مرکز تحقیقات و آموزش کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی گیلان، رشت، ایران)
کلید واژه: healthy food production, Integrated Pest Management(IPM), Lahijan,
چکیده مقاله :
This study aimed to explain thebehavior and attitudes of farmersin the adoption ofIntegrated Pest Management (IPM) technologiesinrice fields. The main instrument ofresearch was a questionnaire whose validitywas confirmed bya panel of professorsandexecutive experts, and its reliabilitywas confirmed by apreliminarytest.The sample employed inthe research study comprisedfarmers who were participating in extensionprograms of integrated pest managementheld in Lahijanand Amlash during2012-2014.The findings showed that the predominant activity of farmers wasthe use of combinedmethods (chemical and non-chemical), leaving crop residue on the field, and using biological control, with the rank average of 9.27, 9.25, and 9.12from the total average of 6.5, respectively.In addition to,private extension cooperatives, rice supervisors, agricultural extension staff,educators, and TV programswith the average of 11.14, 10.87, 10.80, and 10.71 of the total average of 7.49 had the highest share in informing the farmers. Based on such findings, some suggestions were also given,such as concentration on special aspects of integrated pest management, attention to the education of rural women, and employingyoung and educated members of farmers’ familiesas arms of agriculture extension in transferring innovation of integrated pest management to families.
تحقیق حاضر با هدف تبیین رفتار کشاورزان و نگرش آنها در زمینه مدیریت تلفیقی آفات با استفاده از روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و از طریق پیمایش صورت گرفته است. ابزار اصلی تحقیق پرسشنامه ای بوده است که روایی آن از طریق بررسی دیدگاه10 نفر از اساتید و کارشناسان اجرایی دست اندرکار وپایایی آن با استفاده از محاسبه آلفای کرونباخ (بالاتر از 7/0)تایید گردیده است. جامعه آماری تحقیق شالیکاران شرکت کننده در دورههای آموزشی -ترویجی مدیریت تلفیقی آفات در دو شهرستان لاهیجان و املش بوده است که در فاصله سالهای 1391 تا 1393 تحت آموزش IPM قرار گرفته بودند.یافتههای تحقیق نشان داد که استفاده از روشهای تلفیقی(شیمیایی و غیر شیمیایی)، رهاکردن بقایای گیاهی در سطح مزارع و استفاده از کنترل بیولوژیک با میانگین به ترتیب 27/9، 25/9و 12/9از میانگین کل 5/6 بیشترین مواردی هستند که کشاورزان بعد از گذراندن دورههای ترویجی تولید محصول سالم از آن استفاده نمودهاند.همچنین شرکتهای مشاورهای ترویج خصوصی، ناظران برنج، مروجین و مربیان کشاورزی، و تلویزیون با میانگین به ترتیب 14/11، 87/10، 80/10 و 71/10 از میانگین کل 49/7 بیشترین سهم را در اطلاعرسانی به کشاورزان داشتهاند.با توجه به نتایج پزوهش آموزش زنان روستایی و استفاده از افراد جوان و تحصیل کرده خانوارهای کشاوزان به عنوان بازوان ترویج کشاورزی در انتقال نوآوری مدیریت تلفیقی آفات به درون خانواده پیشنهاد میگردد.
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