Identifying role of extension system in adoption of new technologies have important role to developing favorable extension systems. For supporting sustainable agriculture in Iran needs extension systems to be carefully thought and accurately implemented. The purpose of this is analyzing role of extension activities in adoption of sustainable agriculture. Based on the results the attending agric...

Introduction The viability of rural communities and methods of food production is central to the health of the environment as well as humanity. So mounting evidence of the destructive and unsustainable ways more and more food is produced today is especially alarming. The prevailing model of economic development, widely referred to as globalization or neoliberalism, includes massive export-orien...

Introduction The viability of rural communities and methods of food production is central to the health of the environment as well as humanity. So mounting evidence of the destructive and unsustainable ways more and more food is produced today is especially alarming. The prevailing model of economic development, widely referred to as globalization or neoliberalism, includes massive export-orien...

There are many recommendations for environmental management practices to adopt more holistic or systems-based approaches and to strengthen stakeholder participation. However, management practices do not always match or achieve these ideals. We explore why theory may not be reflected by practice by exploring experiences of projects seeking to implement the ecosystem approach, a concept that enta...

since time immemorial, iranian women have played a pivotal role in agriculture, the largest industry contributing to rural livelihoods. hence, the present study was conducted in tafresh area of iran to examine factors influencing participation of rural women in mixed farming activities in 1999.this was a descriptive- correlation research project in which a total number of 300 rural women were s...

This study analyzes the factors affecting perceptions of organic farmers in Kilis regarding benefits agriculture. For this reason, data was collected by conducting a face-to-face survey 279 445 who produce olive oil. The multivariate PROBIT regression method used for analysis. According to results, increase age or experience farmer increases probability seeing benefit farming as preserving comp...

Protected agriculture has notably expanded since 2010 in China and many factors have influenced protected agricultural expansion. Yet little attention been paid to how the successful experiences of demonstration areas diffused. Leading cadres are considered play an important role policy diffusion process, yet influence leading with connections industry regions on development. Thus, this study e...