نشریه محیط زیست طبیعی

چالش‏ های توسعة کسب و کارهای سازگار با محیط‌ زیست (سبز) در بخش کشاورزی شهرستان باوی

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده

گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی، دانشکدة مهندسی زراعی و عمران روستایی، دانشگاه علوم کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی خوزستان، ملاثانی، ایران.

10.22059/jne.2024.368684.2626

چکیده

در چند سال اخیر در ایران به ‏دلیل رفتارهای غیرمتعارف کشاورزان مانند استفاده زیاد از مواد شیمیایی، تغییرات کاربری اراضی و تخریب زیستگاه‏ های طبیعی و کاهش تنوع ‏زیستی، محیط‌زیست در معرض تهدیدی جدی قرار گرفته است. بنابراین ایدة اصلی این پژوهش شناسایی چالش ‏های توسعة کسب و کارهای سازگار با محیط‌ زیست (سبز) در بخش کشاورزی بود. جامعة آماری مورد مطالعه شامل کلیة خانوارهای روستایی-کشاورز در شهرستان باوی (استان خوزستان) بود. حجم نمونه با استفاده از جدول کرجسی و مورگان تعداد 385 نفر تعیین، و نمونه ‏ها با روش نمونه‏ گیری طبقه ‏ای با انتساب متناسب برای مطالعه انتخاب شدند. ابزار اصلی تحقیق پرسشنامه ‏ای بود که روایی آن توسط پانل متخصصان و پایایی آن برای قسمت چالش‏ها توسط ضریب آلفای کرونباخ (0/79) و پایایی ترکیبی (0/86) تأیید شد. تجزیه و تحلیل داده‏ها در دو بخش آمار توصیفی و استنباطی توسط نرم‏افزارهای SPSS و LISREL انجام شد. نتایج بررسی چالش‏های توسعة کسب و کارهای سبز در بخش کشاورزی از دیدگاه افراد مطالعه شده نشان داد که مهم‏ترین چالش‏ ها شامل «عدم ارائة تسهیلات و وام ‏های مناسب در راستای توسعة کسب و کارهای سبز» و «عدم برگزاری دوره‏ های و کارگاه ‏آموزشی مرتبط» بود. علاوه بر این، تحلیل عاملی اکتشافی، چالش‏ های توسعة کسب و کارهای سبز را در پنج عامل اقتصادی و حمایتی، آموزشی و اطلاع‏ رسانی، زیرساختی، نهادی و اجتماعی طبقه‏ بندی نمود. همچنین چالش ‏های شناسایی شده در این بخش نیز توسط مدل‌سازی معادلات ساختاری مورد تأیید قرار گرفتند. نتایج این پژوهش می‏تواند به سیاست‏گذاران این حوزه در راستای ترویج رفتاری ایمن در محیط طبیعی کمک شایانی نماید.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Challenges of developing environmentally friendly (green) businesses in the agricultural sector of Bavi County

نویسنده [English]

  • Moslem Savari

Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering and Rural Development, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran.

چکیده [English]

In the last few years in Iran, due to the unconventional behavior of farmers, such as excessive use of chemicals, changes in land use, and destruction of natural habitats, biodiversity has been under serious threat. Therefore, the main idea of this research was to discover the challenges of developing environmentally friendly (green) businesses in the agricultural sector. The statistical population under study included all the rural farmers-farmers in Bavi city (Khuzestan province). The sample size was selected for the study by using the table of Karjesi and Morgan (1970), 385 people were selected by stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The main research tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability. Data analysis was done in two sections of descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS and LISREL software. The results of the investigation of the obstacles to the development of green businesses in the agricultural sector from the point of view of the people studied showed that the most important challenges include "failure to provide appropriate facilities and loans for the development of green businesses" and "failure to hold courses and workshops" It was related education. In addition, the exploratory factor analysis classified the challenges of green business development into five economic and support factors, educational and information factors, infrastructural barriers, institutional and social barriers. Also, the obstacles identified in this section were confirmed by structural equation modeling. In general, the results of this research can help the policy makers of this field in order to promote safe behavior in the natural environment.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Green businesses
  • Green entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable environment
  • Environmental protection
  • Bavi County
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نشریه محیط زیست طبیعی
دوره 77، شماره 2
شهریور 1403
صفحه 359-370