Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran

The present research aimed to identify and analyze the factors influencing water conservation behaviors (WCBs) and determine the most important ones. The research adopted a causal-relational method with a questionnaire compiled for data collection. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire b...

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Autores principales:	Yadgar Momenpour, Shahla Choobchian, Hassan Sadighi, Cristian-Valeriu Malos, Ants-Hannes Viira, Alishir Kurban, Hossein Azadi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	wheat farmers’ behavior exploratory factor analysis water resources Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8713691862e44fa4ab3cf0c1b6ecc5c62021-11-25T19:15:38ZFactors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran10.3390/w132232172073-4441https://doaj.org/article/8713691862e44fa4ab3cf0c1b6ecc5c62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/22/3217https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441The present research aimed to identify and analyze the factors influencing water conservation behaviors (WCBs) and determine the most important ones. The research adopted a causal-relational method with a questionnaire compiled for data collection. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire based on the calculation of Cronbach’s alpha for different sections were between 0.71 and 0.95. The statistical population included 5473 wheat farmers in Bukan Township, Iran. Krejcie and Morgan tables were used to calculate the sample size of 357 people. All these farmers have key information about the effects of climate change (e.g., drought) and are pioneers in using adaptation and water conservation strategies in wheat production. In this study, the sample size was determined using stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The questionnaire validity was approved by the validity expert board. According to the findings of the exploratory factor analysis, the most important factors influencing WCBs of wheat producers included “institutional”, “economic”, “natural”, “extensional”, “social”, “attitudinal”, and “self-identity” ones. These seven factors together accounted for 47.498% of the variance in WCBs of wheat producers. The relationship between independent variables and wheat growers’ WCBs was determined by Pearson correlation coefficients. According to the results, economic, institutional, natural, attitudinal, social, and self-identity factors had a significant relationship with WBC at 1% error level. The regression results also showed that among the studied variables, economic and extensional factors had the greatest impact on wheat growers’ WCBs. The results can help managers and planners determine policies that focus more on economic and extensional factors that have been neglected in previous studies.Yadgar MomenpourShahla ChoobchianHassan SadighiCristian-Valeriu MalosAnts-Hannes ViiraAlishir KurbanHossein AzadiMDPI AGarticlewheat farmers’ behaviorexploratory factor analysiswater resourcesHydraulic engineeringTC1-978Water supply for domestic and industrial purposesTD201-500ENWater, Vol 13, Iss 3217, p 3217 (2021)
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spellingShingle	wheat farmers’ behavior exploratory factor analysis water resources Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 Yadgar Momenpour Shahla Choobchian Hassan Sadighi Cristian-Valeriu Malos Ants-Hannes Viira Alishir Kurban Hossein Azadi Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
description	The present research aimed to identify and analyze the factors influencing water conservation behaviors (WCBs) and determine the most important ones. The research adopted a causal-relational method with a questionnaire compiled for data collection. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire based on the calculation of Cronbach’s alpha for different sections were between 0.71 and 0.95. The statistical population included 5473 wheat farmers in Bukan Township, Iran. Krejcie and Morgan tables were used to calculate the sample size of 357 people. All these farmers have key information about the effects of climate change (e.g., drought) and are pioneers in using adaptation and water conservation strategies in wheat production. In this study, the sample size was determined using stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The questionnaire validity was approved by the validity expert board. According to the findings of the exploratory factor analysis, the most important factors influencing WCBs of wheat producers included “institutional”, “economic”, “natural”, “extensional”, “social”, “attitudinal”, and “self-identity” ones. These seven factors together accounted for 47.498% of the variance in WCBs of wheat producers. The relationship between independent variables and wheat growers’ WCBs was determined by Pearson correlation coefficients. According to the results, economic, institutional, natural, attitudinal, social, and self-identity factors had a significant relationship with WBC at 1% error level. The regression results also showed that among the studied variables, economic and extensional factors had the greatest impact on wheat growers’ WCBs. The results can help managers and planners determine policies that focus more on economic and extensional factors that have been neglected in previous studies.
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author	Yadgar Momenpour Shahla Choobchian Hassan Sadighi Cristian-Valeriu Malos Ants-Hannes Viira Alishir Kurban Hossein Azadi
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title	Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
title_short	Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
title_full	Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
title_fullStr	Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran
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Factors Affecting Wheat Producers’ Water Conservation Behavior: Evidence from Iran

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