Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran

Even with significant breakthroughs in the production and delivery of meteorological information, most farmers are not able to utilize such information properly and pertinently. Up to the present time, a standardized scale has not been developed to examine farmers’ sustainability barriers to meteoro...

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Autores principales:	Naser Valizadeh, Latif Haji, Masoud Bijani, Negin Fallah Haghighi, Mahsa Fatemi, Ants-Hannes Viira, Yenny Katherine Parra-Acosta, Alishir Kurban, Hossein Azadi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	climate change sustainability barriers agricultural extension farmers’ adaptation vulnerability Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:445ad6a658e1493fb5602d85b827b0992021-11-25T19:02:31ZDevelopment of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran10.3390/su1322126172071-1050https://doaj.org/article/445ad6a658e1493fb5602d85b827b0992021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12617https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Even with significant breakthroughs in the production and delivery of meteorological information, most farmers are not able to utilize such information properly and pertinently. Up to the present time, a standardized scale has not been developed to examine farmers’ sustainability barriers to meteorological information use (BMIU). Furthermore, there is no doubt that identifying indicators and dimensions of sustainability barriers to meteorological information and weather forecasts’ usage by farmers can play a major role in their adaptation and resilience to the risks of climate change. Therefore, the present study aimed to generate and validate a scale for BMIU by farmers through an eight-step approach. Accordingly, the statistical population included 9006 Iranian farmers, 368 of whom were selected as study samples. The principal component factor analysis (PCFA) and second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were further practiced to develop the scale for meteorological information and weather forecasts’ use. Factor analysis also led to the emergence of five latent factors including “educational–communicative barriers (ECBs)”, “normative barriers (NBs)”, “informational barriers (IBs)”, “infrastructural–political barriers (IPBs)”, and “professional–economic barriers (PEBs)”. The second-order CFA correspondingly confirmed these five factors and their 25 related indicators. Given the challenges facing academic scholars, decision makers, and authorities in the application and facilitation of meteorological information, the developed multidimensional scale in this study along with its implementation steps can be effective in examining the limitations of utilizing such information and measuring its impacts in different agricultural communities.Naser ValizadehLatif HajiMasoud BijaniNegin Fallah HaghighiMahsa FatemiAnts-Hannes ViiraYenny Katherine Parra-AcostaAlishir KurbanHossein AzadiMDPI AGarticleclimate changesustainability barriersagricultural extensionfarmers’ adaptationvulnerabilityEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12617, p 12617 (2021)
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topic	climate change sustainability barriers agricultural extension farmers’ adaptation vulnerability Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	climate change sustainability barriers agricultural extension farmers’ adaptation vulnerability Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Naser Valizadeh Latif Haji Masoud Bijani Negin Fallah Haghighi Mahsa Fatemi Ants-Hannes Viira Yenny Katherine Parra-Acosta Alishir Kurban Hossein Azadi Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
description	Even with significant breakthroughs in the production and delivery of meteorological information, most farmers are not able to utilize such information properly and pertinently. Up to the present time, a standardized scale has not been developed to examine farmers’ sustainability barriers to meteorological information use (BMIU). Furthermore, there is no doubt that identifying indicators and dimensions of sustainability barriers to meteorological information and weather forecasts’ usage by farmers can play a major role in their adaptation and resilience to the risks of climate change. Therefore, the present study aimed to generate and validate a scale for BMIU by farmers through an eight-step approach. Accordingly, the statistical population included 9006 Iranian farmers, 368 of whom were selected as study samples. The principal component factor analysis (PCFA) and second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were further practiced to develop the scale for meteorological information and weather forecasts’ use. Factor analysis also led to the emergence of five latent factors including “educational–communicative barriers (ECBs)”, “normative barriers (NBs)”, “informational barriers (IBs)”, “infrastructural–political barriers (IPBs)”, and “professional–economic barriers (PEBs)”. The second-order CFA correspondingly confirmed these five factors and their 25 related indicators. Given the challenges facing academic scholars, decision makers, and authorities in the application and facilitation of meteorological information, the developed multidimensional scale in this study along with its implementation steps can be effective in examining the limitations of utilizing such information and measuring its impacts in different agricultural communities.
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author	Naser Valizadeh Latif Haji Masoud Bijani Negin Fallah Haghighi Mahsa Fatemi Ants-Hannes Viira Yenny Katherine Parra-Acosta Alishir Kurban Hossein Azadi
author_facet	Naser Valizadeh Latif Haji Masoud Bijani Negin Fallah Haghighi Mahsa Fatemi Ants-Hannes Viira Yenny Katherine Parra-Acosta Alishir Kurban Hossein Azadi
author_sort	Naser Valizadeh
title	Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
title_short	Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
title_full	Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
title_fullStr	Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran
title_sort	development of a scale to remove farmers’ sustainability barriers to meteorological information in iran
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/445ad6a658e1493fb5602d85b827b099
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Development of a Scale to Remove Farmers’ Sustainability Barriers to Meteorological Information in Iran

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