Abstract
Agricultural experts in the Semnan Province in Iran were surveyed in order to explore their perception about the factors influencing the adoption of soil protection technologies by farmers. The total population for this study was 80 experts in the Department of Agriculture in Semnan Province. The data were collected by interviewing the respondents and analyzed by using correlation between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Correlation coefficients have been utilized and include Spearman test of independence. The results of regression analysis by stepwise method show that 60% of the variance in the perception of respondents could be explained by economic adaptability of technology, technical adaptability of technology, farmers' income, knowledge about damages to soil and information sources. Key words: Soil, semnan province, adoption, technology, agricultural expert.
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