Vulnerability Analysis of Poultry Cooperatives: A case in Hamadan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

2 PhD student, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, Faculty of Economics and Agricultural Development, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

Agricultural cooperatives, and especially poultry cooperatives, have suffered serious damage in recent years, despite their important role in production and employment. The present study seeks to accurately identify the problems of these cooperatives and prioritize their most important harms in various fields. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the vulnerability of poultry cooperatives in Hamadan province. This research was conducted adopting survey research method with an applied approach. The statistical population of the study consisted of members of the board of directors of poultry cooperatives who were studied by census. The most important data collection tool in the present study was a researcher-made questionnaire whose face- validity was confirmed by experts. To evaluate the reliability of the main scale of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated that the figure was 0.85 indicating reliability of the tool of study. The research findings were analyzed using SPSS25 statistical software. Using factor analysis technique, vulnerability were classified into five groups. "Infrastructure damage-innovation" was explained as the most important factor by explaining 26.08% of the variance. This factor together with other injuries "economic-market injuries", "socio-cultural environmental injuries", "internal organizational injuries" and "managerial injuries" in total 63.96% of the variance explained the total vulnerability of cooperatives.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 52, Issue 4
November 2021
Pages 787-802

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