Moslem Savari; Fatemeh Naghi Bayranvand
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Rural participation in natural resource management indicates that managing natural resource crises would not be possible without the active participation of rural women due to their active role in production and agriculture. In this regard, this research aims was to role of social capital on self-efficacy ...
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Rural participation in natural resource management indicates that managing natural resource crises would not be possible without the active participation of rural women due to their active role in production and agriculture. In this regard, this research aims was to role of social capital on self-efficacy of rural women in Zagros Forest Conservation by mediating environmental awareness. The statistical population included all rural women over 15 years in Lorestan province (N= 231000). Sample size was using Cochran sampling formula of 226 person by proportional classification method (based on forest area). Data analysis in two sections: descriptive and inferential statistics was software SPSS Win19 and SMARTPls performed. The validity of this study was verified by a panel of experts and calculation of the (AVE) and its reliability by Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability. The results showed that from the viewpoint of rural women, the most important causes of Zagros deforestation were destruction of firewood and rural consumption and high grazing livestock and the most important strategies for protecting forests were to change the livelihoods of forests and to graze for over-entry livestock. In addition, the results indicated that social capital directly and indirectly (through impact on environmental awareness) influenced the self-efficacy of rural women in conservation of Zagros forests. In addition, the results of structural equations showed that social capital and environmental awareness were able to explain 69.4 of the dependent variable of research (self-efficacy).
Moslem Savari; Hamed Sheykhi; Kamran Almasieh
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This research was conducted with the general purpose of the role of educational channels to improve the participation of villagers in environmental protection projects. The population of the study consisted of all farmers in Divandareh city (N = 7931). Using the Cochran sampling formula, 260 of them ...
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This research was conducted with the general purpose of the role of educational channels to improve the participation of villagers in environmental protection projects. The population of the study consisted of all farmers in Divandareh city (N = 7931). Using the Cochran sampling formula, 260 of them were selected as samples. To increase the credibility of the findings, 290 questionnaires were distributed by proportional random sampling method. Finally, 274 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. The main instrument of the study was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a group of experts and the reliability of its variables was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α> 0.7). Data analysis was done by SPSSwin18 software. The results of correlation analysis indicated a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of educational channels (local, national and international) with the participation of villagers. In addition, the results of regression coefficient showed that the educational channels dimensions have a significant positive effect on improving the participation of villagers, which explained 90.08% of the variation of the dependent variable (participation). The results of factor analysis also identified ways to improve the participation of people in environmental protection schemes in strengthening the culture of participation and protection, management and cultural strategies, advisory and awareness strategies, effectiveness and effectiveness, structural and organizational strategy, and improving commitment, and responsibility. In this regard, based on the results of the research, suggestions were made to improve the participation of villagers in environmental protection projects.
Moslem Savari; Hosein Shabanali Fami; Hooshang Iravani; Ali Asadi
Volume 6, Issue 3 , June 2018, , Pages 137-156
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This research conducted with the overall object of collecting the Strategies to Stabilize the Livelihood of Small-Scale Farmers in Drought Conditions in Kurdistan Province. Based on the results of the research, the most important strengths and weaknesses of stabilizing livelihood in drought conditions ...
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This research conducted with the overall object of collecting the Strategies to Stabilize the Livelihood of Small-Scale Farmers in Drought Conditions in Kurdistan Province. Based on the results of the research, the most important strengths and weaknesses of stabilizing livelihood in drought conditions were "good infrastructure, diversification of production and development of complementary and non-farm activities in the province" and "reduction of economic and productive power of agricultural families due to repeated drought" in order. Also, the most paramount opportunities and threats in this field were "development and promotion of drought insurance in the country (cattle, pasture, and crops)" and"lack of organizational structure to monitor the effects of climate change on rural livelihoods." After determining appropriate strategies using quantitative matrix management (QSPM) the attractiveness of each of the strategies identified that the most important strategies were"diversification of sources of livelihood and non-farm activities associated with the greenhouse farming using the right infrastructure in the province" and"collecting the proper plans of capacity-creating in agricultural communities to cope with risks through clustering of rural knowledge and development of the infrastructure needed to maintain livelihood". According to results the establishment of strategic space in Agricultural Organization was the strategy shift, withdrawal or reduction, development, and diversification, in order. Moreover, decision tree analysis showed that two variables, stability, and vulnerability could make agricultural strategies separated from each other with a prediction accuracy of 69.7%.
M.R. Shahpasand; M. Savari
Volume 5, Issue 3 , June 2017, , Pages 87-99
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In this research, hierarchical process has been applied for prioritizing options and barriers criteria of sustainable management of agricultural water resources. For this purpose, first, according to the identified criteria and options, data from experts of Ab Baran cooperatives in Kurdistan province ...
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In this research, hierarchical process has been applied for prioritizing options and barriers criteria of sustainable management of agricultural water resources. For this purpose, first, according to the identified criteria and options, data from experts of Ab Baran cooperatives in Kurdistan province based on paired comparison of data were collected through a questionnaire answered by 29 selected samples and the expert choice software was used to analyze them. The results showed that the legal and policy options were considered the highest among the other eight options. It is also known to be the most important obstacle to the sustainable management of agricultural water consumption. After that, economic-support, extension-education, exploitation style, social, institutional and organizational, planning and natural options were located. Furthermore, the results concerning the relative importance of criteria for significance evaluating of management of agricultural water obstacles revealed that water efficiency at the farm level is the most important and then increasing agricultural water productivity, optimum transfer of agricultural water, resources conservation, water conservation, improving water efficiency, irrigation system and farmers' participation were important in turn.
Environmental Education
vahid Azizi; Moslem Savari; Moein Sadeghi; Golamreza Yavari
Volume 1, Issue 4 , July 2013, , Pages 20-28
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This study analyzes the attitude of high school students in City of Hamadan toward environmental protection. A survey of 4104 high school students in Hamadan using the Cochran test, 240 persons were selected. To enhance the credibility of findings using stratified random sampling, 270 questionnaires ...
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This study analyzes the attitude of high school students in City of Hamadan toward environmental protection. A survey of 4104 high school students in Hamadan using the Cochran test, 240 persons were selected. To enhance the credibility of findings using stratified random sampling, 270 questionnaires were proportionally completed. The validity of the questionnaire by a panel of experts and its reliability through using Cronbach's Alfa were approved and the amount was calculated above (7/0). Data analysis was performed through using SPSS software. The majority of the students had positive attitudes towards environmental protection. Correlation analysis also showed that there is 1% positive and significant relationship between their attitude towards environmental protection, the use of the Internet and father's occupation. Also, one of the most important strategies to improve students' attitude towards environmental protection is using educational videos and creating environmental organizations.
