Analysis of Urban Agriculture Capacities Based on Tabriz University Agricultural Students’ Viewpoint

Urban agriculture is a method for reducing vulnerability of the world's urban population in the face of ecological changes. The most important functions of urban agriculture are including energy management and reduction of product transfer, urban waste management, improvement in the quality of soil and water and cities air, improvement in the quality of food and food security, managing unexpected situations and dilemmas, and finally improving the status of citizenship and appearing desirable behaviors of citizenship. The aim of this study was to determine the capacities of urban agriculture from the perspective of agricultural students of Tabriz University. This study was applied and descriptive research in terms of data collection. The population of the study consisted 845 students. The sample (n=148) was selected using systematic random sampling method by Cochran's formula. For examining the reliability of the questionnaire a pre-test was conducted. The values of Cronbach's alpha coefficient for different concepts of the questionnaire varied between 0.81 – 0.92. The data was analyzed using SPSS 22 and Smart PLS software. Results showed that the greatest loading factor (0.898) and T statistics (39.441) are related to the urban agriculture capacity in using surface water resources to feed underground water reservoir.