A Survey of Farmer's Beliefs on Relation between Quantity of Production and Descending Natural Calamities in Agricultural Affairs (A Case Study: Four Villages of Kordkuy in the Province of Golestan)

Farmers` religious beliefs and the type and manner of belief in religious problems are of high degree of importance in agriculture development. To examine this claim, a statistical study performed by way of distributing a measured questionnaire among 400 farmers of the villages at the west of Golestan province. As is shown by findings, farmers` measure of belief in each case of belief like trust in God, praise, khoms, zakat, waqf and sadaqah or effect of sin in appearance of calamities in chosen society according to age and level of education were considered. Measure of the belief in the subject of the studied was between 3.6 to 3.7. The result of Analyzing variance showed gender, age and level of education. Most farmers viewed, as is clearly viewed in verses and traditions, that what happening to them, good or bad, originates from their own actions. That is, there is a relation between belief, action, morality and natural events. Considering the result of the study in agricultural activities of engineers and specialists in the field will be of considerable effect and, finally, it is recommended to use religious scholars to support such beliefs in farmers.