Typology of Unsustainable Behaviours of Agricultural Stakeholders in Kermanshah Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph.D. Student of Agricultural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extention and Education Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Agricultural Extention and Education Department, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

The destructive effects of the environment, the reduction of human health and other living organisms, and the food security crisis, is one of the most important issues facing the global community, which has attracted the attention of many researchers. The question is whether the nature of self-farming alone is responsible for all such destructive effects, or is the actions of actors within the agricultural system stimulating and exacerbating these unsustainable effects? So, in the present study, we try to investigate the unsustainable Behaviours of farmers in Kermanshah using a qualitative study on the typology and depth of the event. In this regard, the studied samples were farmers and experts in agriculture and environmental Jihad, which according to the number of villages (10 districts) were selected through purposeful sampling (chain type). The number of participants in this study was 33. Data Collected from interviews and focus group discussion continues until theoretical saturation has been achieved. The validity and reliability of the results were confirmed by the plurality of data and feedback from the participants. Aggressive unsustainable Behaviour was extracted in 8 main themes. Relationships among these Behaviours are also displayed using the C-map software. Investigations and interviews provided a researcher with a new picture of unsustainable agronomic Behaviour and uncovered the fact that unsustainable agronomic Behaviours were influenced by the conditions, factors, and different intrinsic and extrinsic factors.

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Journals of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Volume 8, Issue 3
2020
Pages 117-136

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