Author/Authors :
Akbari Vane Abad، Morteza نويسنده Department of Managment, Islamic Azad University, Horand Center, Horand, Iran. , , Rostami، Farahnaz نويسنده Assistant Professor, Faculty member of Agriculture, Razi University, I.R.Iran. , , Rezaei، Abdolmotaleb نويسنده Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Economic and Development, University of Tehran, I.R.Iran . ,
Abstract :
This paper aims to discover the determinants of farmers’ participation
in horticulture-based Education programs in the
Western Azerbaijan province, Iran. Using the Theory of Planned
Behavior (TPB), the study also tries to make a comparison
between participants and non-participants, who have achieved
in this program. A sample of 231 farmers (137 participants and
94 non-participants) was selected based on a stratified random
sampling method. Data gathering instrument was a questionnaire
that its validity was approved by a group of experts and its
reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbachʹs alpha
(?=0.71). The results showed that, there were significant
differences between participants and non-participants in agricultural
education programs in terms of all the TPB contexts. Additionally,
the results of the regression analysis showed that attitude to how
thinking and decision and subjective norms were the best determinants
of farmers’ participation.
