2013
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p744
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Effective Factors on Agricultural Land Use Change in Guilan Province, Iran

Abstract: To identify effective factors on agricultural land use changes in Guilan Province of northern Iran, a study with 320 experts of Agricultural Organization and Main Department of Natural Resources of Guilan's experts was done. This research was an applied research and descriptive. A questionnaire was the main research instrument. For determining the validity of the questionnaire, the face and content validity was used. Cronbach's alpha was used to measure the reliability of the instrument, which was 0.94 and sho… Show more

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“…Low income creates pressure on the owners and, as a result, decreases or the owners are forced to completely abandon the management of agricultural land. Intensive use of agricultural land reduces land productivity (Allahyari et al, 2013). In order to improve the productivity of agricultural land, it is necessary to invest in, for example, land fertilization, thereby increasing the cost of utilizing agricultural land, resulting in the loss of motivation to manage this land.…”
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“…Low income creates pressure on the owners and, as a result, decreases or the owners are forced to completely abandon the management of agricultural land. Intensive use of agricultural land reduces land productivity (Allahyari et al, 2013). In order to improve the productivity of agricultural land, it is necessary to invest in, for example, land fertilization, thereby increasing the cost of utilizing agricultural land, resulting in the loss of motivation to manage this land.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Social factor is characterized by changes in the population, for example, growth in urban areas and a decrease in rural areas. An important indicator is also the level of education of the population and opportunities for attending special courses to exit from traditional agriculture (Allahyari et al, 2013). The use of agricultural land is also affected by the fact that agricultural production is largely seasonal, which has a significant impact on the number of workers.…”
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confidence: 99%
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