Shamsi Amiyan; Zahra Amiri; Mohammad Kavoosi-Kalashami; Siyamak Gheibi
Volume 6, 23(2) , September 2016, , Pages 36-27
Abstract
With growing the health concerns,as well as some arisen environmental problems have proved the importance of the organic agriculture and safe food production valid. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the factors influencing urban consumers’ willingness to pay for green chicken meat ...
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With growing the health concerns,as well as some arisen environmental problems have proved the importance of the organic agriculture and safe food production valid. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the factors influencing urban consumers’ willingness to pay for green chicken meat in Urmia city in 2015. The study’s population consisted of all Urmia citizens, from whom a sample of 283 individuals were selected using the data from the pretest and Mitchel and Carson’s sampling method. This study is practical (applied research) and it is also descriptive and correlational. The data were collected by field research via questionnaire. The content and face validity of the research tools were confirmed by university professors and experts in the field and Cronbach’s Alpha (0. 83) was used to confirm the reliability of the questionnaire. For data analysis, SPSS v. 20, Microsoft Office EXCEL 2010, SHAZAM and STATA software packages were used. The results of Logit and Tobit model indicated 25. 85 and 21. 7 percent higher consumers’ willingness to pay for each kilogram of green chicken as compared to industrial chicken. Variables of chicken consumption per week, attitude toward the general component of shopping, the component of healthy shopping and awareness of the danger of antibiotics were significant at the one percent level. For the purpose of familiarization and acculturalization regarding the consumption of green products, it is necessary to pay more attention to food security and to increase public knowledge and awareness of purchasing these products by media and virtual advertisements and using promotional brochures and training workshops.
Zahra Hosseinpur; Mohammad Hossein Menhaj; Mohammad Kavoosi-Kalashami
Volume 5, 17(3) , December 2015, , Pages 104-91
Abstract
Over the past two decades, due to the global water scarcity, the role of WUAs in the farmers’ participation in the agricultural water resources management has received much attention. The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the factors affecting the participation of the WUAs members ...
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Over the past two decades, due to the global water scarcity, the role of WUAs in the farmers’ participation in the agricultural water resources management has received much attention. The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the factors affecting the participation of the WUAs members in the agricultural water management of Esfarayen County during 2014-2015. The statistical population included all members of two WUAs Esfarayen County (N: 2440) among which 335 people were selected as the statistical population size using Cochran’s formula, then the sample was identified using stratified sampling method. The Validity of the questionnaire was supported by the experts’ views, and the reliability of research tools was obtained by doing a preliminary test through completing 30 questionnaires and the Cronbach’s alpha value was obtained 0.88 using SPSS. Data analysis was performed using SPSS20 and Excel2010. To examine the relationship between the independent and dependent variables, the Spearman correlation analysis test, the Cramer’s coefficient test, the Gamma coefficient and the chi-square test were used. Results indicated a significant positive correlation between the studied economic factors (farmers’ income level, acreage owned by farmers, water prices), volume of water used, types of irrigation systems, and farmers’ individual characteristics including education level and gender, and the variable of the level of farmers’ participation in the WUAs. Moreover, there was a significant negative correlation between age and the level of members’ participation.
