Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Analyses the influenced factors of the rejection of land integration (Case study: Fars province)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Saleh Haghighat 1
Hooshang Iravani 2
Khalil Kalantari 2
Ebrahim Mahdavi 1
Seyd Alireza Ghadimi 3
1 MSc. Student, Agricultural Management, Faculty of Agriculatural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
2 Professors, Agricultural Management, Faculty of Agriculatural Economics and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
3 PhD. Candidate, Agricultural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran
10.22059/ijaedr.2015.54476
Abstract
Dispersion and separated of agricultural lands are considered as the serious barriers of agriculture development. The smallest and distributed oflands are obstacle in the efficient use of water, land, labor, mechanization and other factors in agriculture production. The main purpose of this article is analyse the influenced factors of the rejection of land integration. The statistical population of the study includes farmers in Fars province. According to Cochran’s formula, 250 farmers were selected as statistical sample by using multi-stage sampling method. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by some subject matter specialists. The reliability of instrument was calculated by using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient (0.83). SPSS software was used to analyze data.
Keywords
Barriers
Fars province
land integration
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