Attitudes of Nahavand Township, Iran Wheat Farmers Toward On-Farm Water Management (OFWM)

摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of wheat farmers regarding OFWM in Nahavand Township, Iran. A descriptive-correlation design was used and data collected by means of questionnaire and interview with wheat farmers (N=15365) in theNahavand township as the target population. The sample was obtained through proportional stratified sampling (n=375). Instrument validity was established by a panel of experts and reliability analysis yielded with an alpha value of 0.84. Study results showed that the attitudes of a majority of the respondents toward On-Farm Water Management were in the "relatively negative" range. Certain independent variables (respondents' personal, farming, economic and social characteristics) were associated linkedwith their attitudes toward OFWM. Stepwise regression revealed that 71% (R2= 0.710) of the variance in respondents' attitudes could be explained by yield per hectare, knowledge about OFWM, their contact with information sources, and their age.