University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 43 3 2012 09 22 An Analysis of the Barriers Hindering the Adoption of Technologies Related to the Strategies Employed in the Integrated Management of Horticultural Crops' Production and Protection as Percieved by Green House Keepers An Analysis of the Barriers Hindering the Adoption of Technologies Related to the Strategies Employed in the Integrated Management of Horticultural Crops' Production and Protection as Percieved by Green House Keepers 421 434 30503 10.22059/ijaedr.2012.30503 FA Fatemeh Abbasi Mohammad Chizari 0000-0001-5879-3865 Ali Asadi 0000-0002-2558-3690 Journal Article The Integrated Production and Protection Management Strategy, with the purpose of safe production, nowadays, is an operational strategy to achieve goals of sustainable agriculture. This study is aimed at an analysis of the factors hindering the advance of the Integrated production and Protection Management Strategy among greenhouse owners in Isfahan Province. Data were gathered through questionnaires filled in by farmers. The content and face validity of the instrument was verified by the Faculty members of the Agricultural Extension and Education Department in Tarbiat Modares University. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient Value for the questionnaire was obtained equal to 0.82. Population of the green¬house owners equalled 160 individuals from whom 113 were chosen through random proportional stratified sampling method, as the study sample and for a determination of the sample size. One haudred and three questionnaires were eventually collected and analyzed through SPSS software (n=103). Results of Factor Analysis revealed that such factors as: Financial, Educational, Planning and Legal - Support were among the barriers of adoption of IPPM technologies. These factors could in total explain 70.52 percent of total variance. The Integrated Production and Protection Management Strategy, with the purpose of safe production, nowadays, is an operational strategy to achieve goals of sustainable agriculture. This study is aimed at an analysis of the factors hindering the advance of the Integrated production and Protection Management Strategy among greenhouse owners in Isfahan Province. Data were gathered through questionnaires filled in by farmers. The content and face validity of the instrument was verified by the Faculty members of the Agricultural Extension and Education Department in Tarbiat Modares University. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient Value for the questionnaire was obtained equal to 0.82. Population of the green¬house owners equalled 160 individuals from whom 113 were chosen through random proportional stratified sampling method, as the study sample and for a determination of the sample size. One haudred and three questionnaires were eventually collected and analyzed through SPSS software (n=103). Results of Factor Analysis revealed that such factors as: Financial, Educational, Planning and Legal - Support were among the barriers of adoption of IPPM technologies. These factors could in total explain 70.52 percent of total variance. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_30503_b899aa15c56fee62bcea0903b59b18fe.pdf