Effectiveness of the agronomist farm school approach for rice biological pest control with respect to producers' conviction and influential factors, Gilan Province, Iran.

摘要

In this study using chemical poisons for controlling pest of rice in Gilan province and its environmental effects and decreasing health of rice farmers carried out, The goal of this study is comparing status of accepting biologic combat with rice pest by rice farmers who have attended and not attended in approach of Agronomist Farm School (AFS) & analyzing effective factors on improving accepting at Gilan province. According to this study, 150 of farmers attended at approach of Agronomist Farm School and 150 of rice farmers who have not attended at approach of Agronomist Farm School(total 300 persons) were selected among Cochran formula that were measured via random sampling method. Results of this study indicate that rice farmers who have attended at approach of school, farm and farmer were younger persons with higher education, higher performance and higher income that used from very lower chemical poisons. Also it was more used from group communication means and informing resources and had higher contact with missionary, therefore rice farmers highly accepted innovation of biologic combat with pest of rice. Regression analysis indicated that among different effective factors on accepting biologic combat the advancing factors are the most important factor and variable of increasing knowledge and awareness are regarded as most effective variable on biologic combat, that according to rice farmers who have attended at approach of Agronomist Farm School had higher knowledge in comparison to biologic combat in comparison to rice farmers who had not attended at approach of Agronomist Farm School.