Author/Authors :
Panahzadeh Parikhani، Marzieh نويسنده Department of Agricultural Management and Development, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. , , Razzaghi Borkhani، Fatemeh نويسنده Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. , , Shabanali Fami، Hossein نويسنده , , Motiee، Naser نويسنده Department of Agricultural Management and Development, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. , , Hosseinpoor، Abotaleb نويسنده Assistant Professor in Agricultural Development Faculty of Agricultural, University of Mazandaran ,
Abstract :
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major
barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices
(GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers
of Meshkinshahr. A sample of 120 farmers was selected by
using proportional random sampling method. Data were
collected by means of a questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire
was determined through Agricultural Jihad exports of Meshkinshahr
County and some faculty members at University of
Tehran, Department of Agricultural Management and Development.
Cronbach’s alpha was used to estimate the reliability.
The reliability was found to be acceptable. The results of
Factor Analysis showed that infrastructure barriers, informational-
educational barriers, institutional-support barriers,
personal barriers, economical barriers were the five barriers to
application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies
in livestock unites. These factors explained 67.23 percent of
the total variance.
