The increasing cost of peanut production is a major concern in Iran. Therefore, developing the mechanization of peanut production is a necessity. In this regard, a three-phase Delphi study was conducted to identify the promoting and deterring factors affecting peanut cultivation mechanization in Guilan Province, the main peanut-producing region in Iran. After preliminary studies, 26 experts wer...

the advent of an economy based upon socioeconomic capabilities and obligation, along with move in the direction of such knowledge oriented concepts as social investments makes one consider other such theries as social capital in an analysis of basic skill formations, and as well in the development and application of these skills in higher education and curricula. the main purpose of this study ...

The study focused on constraints affecting the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies disseminated by the Women-in-Agriculture (WIA) unit of the Akwa Ibom Agricultural Development Programme (AKADEP) to its women clientele. The study also ascertained the awareness and adoption levels of such introduced technologies. Findings revealed that respondents were aware of 61.9% of introduced t...

The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the development of entrepreneurship in theagricultural advisory services companies. The main instrument to collect the data was questionnaire and itsvalidity of questionnaire is confirmed by experts and its reliability is measured through Cronbach’s alpha(75%). The data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16. The finding showed that ...

The foundation of the national economy is agriculture, agricultural modernization symbol and mechanization an important modernization. In this paper, authors conducted analysis levels 31 provincial areas in China. order to assess China as accurately possible, adopted indicators year 2005, 2010 2015, used comparative static method observe dynamic changes data over three years. Eight items, inclu...

financial markets are considered because of their role in acquiring small and large savings of national economy, optimizing the flow of financial resources and distributing these resources to consumption and investment needs of economic sectors. the aim of this study was investigating the influence of financial market extension on agriculturalsector’s development of kohgilouye and boyer ahmad p...

the main purpose followed in this study was to identify and analyze the mechanisms of nanotechnology development in iranian agricultural sector. the research method was an analytical- explanatory one. the statistical population of the study consisted of researchers of national agricultural research institutions/ centers (n= 170). according to morgan& krejcie table, 120 persons were selected thr...

Beijing agricultural comprehensive information service plays an important role in agricultural resources using and rapid development of the rural economy. Combined with the Web Service and its extension technology, Beijing agricultural information service platform was built with the base of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) framework. The platform enables efficient management and using of agr...

the purpose of this study was investigation of east azerbaijan researchers and extension agents’ view about the role of extension services on agricultural development. the methodology was descriptive-correlation which is carried out by survey method. in this study, the sample population was 335 people including all researchers and extension agents working in the agricultural sector. to assess t...