An analytical study of the factors in fluencing sustainable agriculture practical women farmers in Anzali: with emphasis on indigenoun knowledge for rice cultivation

The purpose of this study was to recognize and analyse the factors that influence sustainable agriculture as practiced by women farmer in Bandar-e Anzali township in that is focusing on indigenous knowledge's rice-field. The research is descriptive-analytic and was performed with a relative–causal method in 1385 years. In this study, researcher was selected 4 village out of 38 villages in Lijareky-e Hasanroud and Chaharfarizeh county. The population of this study for qualitative phase consists a number of highest experience farmer women in each village. Also, for quantitative phase, the population consists rice-field women, over 25 years old (N= 3049). In this research, 275 people were randomly selected with systematic sampling method. The descriptive findings of this study showed that the farmer women's participation in different rice-field activities was considerable and even in some of cases is highest than men. In total, they are observing sustainability criteria in agriculture. There exists positive correlation (p=%99) between age, years of experience in rice-field, the amount of rice production, rice-field size, the amount of social participation, rice-field annual income ecological awareness with observing sustainability criteria in agriculture. But there exists negative correlation (p=%99) between the amount of rice-field participation and number of household members with observing sustainability criteria in agriculture.