Potato farmers' perceptions of sustainable agriculture: the case of Ardabil province of Iran

被引：25
作者：
Bagheri, Asghar [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardebil, Iran
来源：
WCPCG 2010 | 2010年 / 5卷
关键词：
Potato; perception; sustainable agriculture; ardabil; NATURE CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGY; ADOPTION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.07.399
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
The objective of this study was to examine potato farmers' perceptions towards sustainable agriculture. The results showed that farmers had favourable attitude towards sustainable practices such as resource conservation, negative effects of agrochemicals, pests' invasion arising from successive cultivation. However, there was moderate attitude towards the negative environmental effects of modern agricultural technologies. Regarding negative long-term effects of agrochemicals on agricultural productivity and low tillage respondents had negative perception. It was found that there should be a relationship between a numbers of socioeconomic factors, such as education, information sources use, extension participation and the perception towards sustainable agricultural practices. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：1977 / 1981
页数：5
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