مجله پژوهش های ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی
سال هفدهم شماره 2 (پیاپی 66، تابستان 1403)

 The South Khorasan, because of its environmental condition and manpower has special shortcomings and challenges in the agriculture sector the acquaintance of which can be decisive in alleviative poverty, increasing job opportunities; and most of all management of natural resources. In accord with the above, agricultural Bank – as the only specialized bank – provides the major share of the financial sources for the agriculture sector. The bank has a direct effect on the livelihood of rural people. Thus, the present Research has developed a model for assessing the social responsibility of the agricultural Bank regarding the development of sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship in the rural areas of South Khorasan using fundamental theory. The necessary data of the study was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 30 socially responsible scholars; using objective sampling applying snowball technique. Using the common information procedure obtained from Grounded theory through interviews, According to the coded items the concepts referring to agriculture Bank revealed five principal domains covering causative conditions including supporting, the onset of new technology, emergence of electronic banking, and having an effective role. The back ground conditions include the foundational and structuring codes for organizational social responsibility. The modifying conditions include the codes of laws, regulations and governing mechanisms and strategies, including the codes of policy making and drafting of business strategies. The total codes of sustainable development and environmental protection, gaining competitive advantage, economic development, organizational productivity and establishment of social justice from the consequences of the desired model

This study was implemented to build a model of a diversified agricultural extension system for sustainable management of agricultural water resources in Khuzestan province. This study is a non-experimental, applied descriptive study conducted in the form of a survey. The statistical population included all experts from the organizations involved in the pluralistic agricultural extension system in Khuzestan province (N = 14,113), from which a sample of 375 experts was selected according to the Kerjcie and Morgan table based on the proportional stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using a researcher-developed questionnaire, whose reliability and validity were confirmed by measuring Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability as well as examining face validity and respective validity. Data were analyzed using SPSS and Lisrel software. The results show that among the aspects that influence a pluralistic agricultural extension system for sustainable management of agricultural water resources, the “sociocultural” aspect is the most important. Furthermore, among pluralistic agricultural extension systems, the planning and policy-making aspect is more important in the sustainable management of agricultural water resources. The bootstrapping method was used in the structural equation process. The results show that the design model has strong validity. The results also show that agricultural and infrastructure aspects have the most significant impact on the development variable of the pluralistic agricultural extension system in the sustainable development of agricultural water resources in Khuzestan province.

The main purpose of study is to investigate the determining indicators of food safety practices among apple producers in Mashginshahr County in the form of extending the theory of planned behavior. All the apple producers in Mashginshahr County (1481 people) are the statistical population of this research, and 306 respondents from 12 villages were determined as a statistical sample by multi-stage random sampling method. Using the SEM, the optimality of the developed model (by proposing two self-efficacy indexes and moral norms) was compared with the initial model of planned behavior in the form of 9 hypotheses. According to the findings, the proposed index of self-efficacy was not directly obtained as an explanatory indicator of food safety behavior; but through the behavioral intention index, the effect of this indicator was found to be significant. Despite the acceptable fit for both models, in the initial model, the amount of variance explained was 48%, and with the introduction of the two proposed indicators (extended model), with an increase of 13%, the amount of variance explained increased to 61%. Therefore, the extended model was determined to be a more optimal model. Therefore, the extended model was determined to be a more optimal model. Creating production organizations or occupational social groups, holding training courses to organize as best as possible the skills and individual abilities of apple producers and linking food safety teachings with religious-ethical teachings will have an effect on improving food safety behavior.

Agricultural water resources management in Iran is a matter that should be decided by farmers and water users. Farmers' ignorance of the actions taken about agricultural water conservation and their non-participation in the decision-making process of agricultural water issues will lead to strengthening their sense of not belonging to the future fate of water. The purpose of this descriptive research was to analyze factors affecting farmers’ participation in sustainable agricultural water management in Tarom County. The statistical population of the study was Heads of rural households in Tarom County (N=7774). The sample size was determined via the Krejcie and Morgan table (n=365). The sampling method was multi-stage random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire—the face and content validity of the questionnaire were revised and verified by the panel of experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by calculating the Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability (CR) coefficients. For data analysis, SMART PLS and SPSS software were used. Research findings showed that variables such as moral norms, risk perception, self-identity, and social norms had a positive and significant effect on farmers’ participation in sustainable water management so these variables could explain about 51% variation in farmers’ participation.

This study examines the role of rural non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the food security of rural households in Chegni Township to determine whether membership in non-governmental organizations such as Gharz al-Hasna Fund (with people and Dear people) can improve the food security of rural households. The present study is survey-correlational in terms of method. To collect data among rural households, an international standard questionnaire on household food insecurity access (Coates et al., 2007) was used during the past month. Random sampling by the proportional assignment method was used to select the samples. To analyze the data, parametric tests t and F, as well as Pearson, Spearman, and Chi-square correlation tests and multiple regression analysis were used. The results of the study showed that 86% of the households surveyed suffer from various types of food insecurity, and 79% of these households suffer from severe food insecurity. The findings also show that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables of receiving facilities from the fund, the amount of investment in the fund, and how to use credit facilities with the food security of rural households. Since receiving facilities from Gharz al-Hasna Fund (with people and Dear people) has a significant relationship with food security, increasing the amount of capital in these funds through the support of the private sector as well as NGOs to increase the ability of the funds to pay facilities to More people are suggested.

The present study aimed to investigate the effect of quantum management skills on agility of agricultural Jihad organization of Hamedan city. The goal of quantum management is to increase the effectiveness of the organization. The message of quantum management is that all parts of the organization are intelligently connected. Organization agility is also a key capability that enables organizations to be ready to accept environmental changes and respond appropriately and effectively. This research has been used in terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the research consisted of 140 experts of agricultural jihad in Hamedan city, who were selected as samples through a class sampling method using the Cochran formula of 100 of them. The tools for collecting research are standard questionnaires. The analysis of the research data was carried out using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The results of the analysis showed that managers who put their management strategy in quantum management will also have an impact on the agility of the organization.