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Analysis of the attitudes of agriculture organization experts in Kurdistan province towards agro-forestry farming

Author(s): Moslem Savari, Valiollah Sarani, Mohamad Reza shahpasand

The overall objective of this study was to examine the attitudes of agriculture organization promotion experts in Kurdistan Province towards the agro-forestry farming. The research's statistical population contained all the agriculture organization promotion experts in Kurdistan Province (N=326). Using the Cochran sampling formula, 94 individuals were selected as the sample for the study. The stratified random sampling method was according to the proportional allocation. The main research instrument was a questionnaire that its validity by a panel of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α>0.7).Data analysis was performed using the software SPSSwin18. Findings showed that most the experts of agriculture organization in Kurdistan Province have a favorable attitude towards the agro-forestry farming. The results of correlation analysis indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between their attitudes towards the agro-forestry farming based on the variables of number of used information sources, internet usage rate, newspaper usage rate, study of promotional periodicals, and familiarity with agro-forestry farming systems. In addition, the results showed that most the promotion experts' knowledge of the agro-forestry farming was moderate