Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Investigation of effective factors on admission and refusing of sprinkler irrigation system of Ardal township, Iran

Author(s):

Khalil Kalantari ^*, Mehdi Rahimian, Yaser Mohammadi, Ali Asadi, Alireza Ansari Ardali

Recieved Date: 2010-01-22, Accepted Date: 2010-04-07

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to investigate effective factors on admission and refusing of sprinkler irrigation system in Ardal County located in Charmahal Bakhtiari province of Iran. Statistical population of the study was 2560 farmer households, and 115 of them were determined as a statistical sample by using Cochran formula. The samples were selected during the two stages, first using random sampling and second using appropriate sampling assignment. Data were collected through a questionnaire, and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach alpha coefficient that was above 0.85. The questionnaire was validated through getting the comments and opinions of some faculty members and experts. Finally, the data were analyzed using SPSS software. The findings indicated that 21% of farmers households never have accepted sprinkler irrigation system (Group a), 33.6% of them have accepted this system but they have not been applied (Group b) and 45.4% of them both accepted and have been applied (Group c). Mean comparison among groups showed that there are significant differences among three groups in average of age, education level, income, amount of facing with water scarcity problems, access to credit and participation in educational of courses. The value of the Wilks lambda in the first function of discrimination analysis indicated significant discrimination among Groups a, b and c and the second function also showed significant discrimination between Groups b and c. In fact, both functions could significantly discriminate farmers in the three groups.

Keywords:

Admission, refusing, sprinkler irrigation system, city Ardal, Charmahal Bakhtiari

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2010
Volume: 8
Issue: 2
Category: Environment
Pages: 1218-1224

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