Analysis Factors Affecting the Practice of Agriculture Conservation operation By Farmer Exploitation (Case study: Divandarreh County)

The main purpose of this study was to analysis factors affecting the practice of agriculture conservation operation by farmer exploitation. Statistical population of this study is consisted of all farmers in the Divandarreh county of Kurdistan province. By using Cochran's sampling formula, sample size was estimated as 126. Respondents were selected by using stratified random sampling method. For increasing reliability of the findings, 165 questionnaires were distributed among farmers, ultimately 150 questionnaires were completed and analyzed via SPSS software. The instrument of the study was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was established by calculating Chronbach's Alpha Coefficient (α>0.7). Results showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of conservation agriculture practices by farmers and extension courses of study. Results of correlation analysis showed that application of CAP by farmers significantly correlated with annual income, farmer’s work experience, farming land size, farmer's education level, using information channels, the rate of environmental problems, motivation to participate in environmental protection projects, using education- extension journal in agriculture field, knowledge and perspective toward CAP. Also, results of the regression analysis showed that three variables consisting of farmer's education level, farm work experience and using of education-extension journal in agriculture field explained 66.1 percent of dependent variable (CAP) variances changes. At the end of this study, proposals for the adoption of conservation agriculture based on the research results is presented.