Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers of Meshkinshahr. A sample of 120 farmers was selected by using proportional random sampling method. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was determined through Agricultural Jihad exports of Meshkinshahr County and some faculty members at University of Tehran, Department of Agricultural Management and Development. Cronbach’s alpha was used to estimate the reliability. The reliability was found to be acceptable. The results of Factor Analysis showed that infrastructure barriers, informational- educational barriers, institutional-support barriers, personal barriers, economical barriers were the five barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in livestock unites. These factors explained 67.23 percent of the total variance.
Highlights
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers of Meshkinshahr
Main- duction consumers with production safety and taining the product, regarding environmental healthy agricultural crops. one of this standards considerations coupled with reduce production is Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) approach
Good Agriculture Prac- of other methods of production can be obtices standard included human health and the en- tained that contaminants and toxic ingredients vironment, safety food and access to sustainable in the product is Maximum Residue Limit agricultural development, (achieve environmen- (MRL)
Summary
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the major barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in sustainability of livestock by ranchers of Meshkinshahr. The results of Factor Analysis showed that infrastructure barriers, informational- educational barriers, institutional-support barriers, personal barriers, economical barriers were the five barriers to application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) technologies in livestock unites. These factors explained 67.23 percent of the total variance. Good Agriculture Prac- of other methods of production can be obtices standard included human health and the en- tained that contaminants and toxic ingredients vironment, safety food and access to sustainable in the product is Maximum Residue Limit agricultural development, (achieve environmen- (MRL). One of the guidelines of good agricultal, economic and social sustainability) which tural practices that lead to GAP product attention the sustainability of on-farm activities (Koohsar, 2012)
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