Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
| Autor: | Hassan Sadighi, Yadgar Momenpour, Ants-Hannes Viira, Cristian-Valeriu Malos, Hossein Azadi, Alishir Kurban, Shahla Choobchian |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Variables exploratory factor analysis Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Validity food and beverages Hydraulic engineering Aquatic Science water resources Biochemistry Exploratory factor analysis Stratified sampling Water conservation Geography Cronbach's alpha Sample size determination Statistics wheat farmers’ behavior TC1-978 TD201-500 Water Science and Technology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Water, Vol 13, Iss 3217, p 3217 (2021) Water Volume 13 Issue 22 |
| ISSN: | 2073-4441 |
| Popis: | The present research aimed to identify and analyze the factors influencing water conservation behaviors (WCBs) and determine the most important ones. The research adopted a causal-relational method with a questionnaire compiled for data collection. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire based on the calculation of Cronbach’s alpha for different sections were between 0.71 and 0.95. The statistical population included 5473 wheat farmers in Bukan Township, Iran. Krejcie and Morgan tables were used to calculate the sample size of 357 people. All these farmers have key information about the effects of climate change (e.g., drought) and are pioneers in using adaptation and water conservation strategies in wheat production. In this study, the sample size was determined using stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The questionnaire validity was approved by the validity expert board. According to the findings of the exploratory factor analysis, the most important factors influencing WCBs of wheat producers included “institutional”, “economic”, “natural”, “extensional”, “social”, “attitudinal”, and “self-identity” ones. These seven factors together accounted for 47.498% of the variance in WCBs of wheat producers. The relationship between independent variables and wheat growers’ WCBs was determined by Pearson correlation coefficients. According to the results, economic, institutional, natural, attitudinal, social, and self-identity factors had a significant relationship with WBC at 1% error level. The regression results also showed that among the studied variables, economic and extensional factors had the greatest impact on wheat growers’ WCBs. The results can help managers and planners determine policies that focus more on economic and extensional factors that have been neglected in previous studies. |
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