Study of rural people knowledge effect on their final agricultural waste disposal behavior in Qazvin Township

The purpose of this descriptive-survey study was to investigate the final agricultural waste disposal behaviors of rural households and the effect of their knowledge on these behaviors in Qazvin Township. The target population consisted all rural households in Qazvin Township (N=31338) which 217 of them as sample were selected based on Cochran sampling formula and multi-stage randomized sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire Developed by investigator which its content and face validity verified by an expert panel in this field. A pilot test was conducted to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. Chronbach's Alpha was estimated 0.75. The results showed that the majority of rural 'peoples had an average level of waste management knowledge and there were 15 different final agricultural waste disposal behaviors which are done by rural households. Most of these behaviors economically and environmentally were undesirable. The Kruskal-Wallis analysis revealed that rural people's knowledge effect on final agricultural waste disposal behavior is meaningful. Based on findings, educational and extensional programs regarding effective management of agricultural waste should be designed and extended.