Assessment of participation behavior of the local community in the development of agricultural tourism (case study: Sisakht city)

In recent years, agriculture has faced many problems in the most parts of the country so that it is not useful for Farmers Economic Issues. Due to the importance of agriculture and lack of attention, many countries in the world have recently developed agricultural tourism as complementary agricultural activities, which can lead to improved agricultural conditions and consequently promote local economy level. when it will happen that local people get involved in agricultural tourism development. In this regard, the purpose of this study is measurement of the participatory behavior and its role in the development of agricultural tourism in the city of Sisakhat.The population of the study consisted of farmers of sisakht.The sample size was estimated using the Cochran formula with a 5% error rate of 362 people. The research model was tested by PLS3 software that involved the analysis of the measurement model (first step) that assessed the validity and reliability of the measures and structural equation modeling (second step) to identify relationships among latent constructs.The findings of this research indicate that according to the type of farming activities, variety of garden products, as well as planting stages and products harvesting in all seasons, especially seasons (spring, summer and autumn), tourism in the study area, have the necessary capacities to create and Develop agricultural tourism, however, for obtaining this purpose, the participation of farmers and the local community is need.