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RICE SCIENCE
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 153-160Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(12)60034-1
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adoption; rice-fish farming; logistic regression
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- Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Iran
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We evaluated the factors influencing the adoption of rice-fish farming in the Tavalesh region near the Caspian Sea in northern Iran. We conducted a survey with open-ended questions. Data were collected from 184 respondents (61 adopters and 123 non-adopters) randomly sampled from selected villages and analyzed using logistic regression and multiresponse analysis. Family size, number of contacts with an extension agent, participation in extension-education activities, membership in social institutions and the presence of farm workers were the most important socio-economic factors for the adoption of rice-fish farming system. In addition, economic problems were the most common issue reported by adopters. Other issues such as lack of access to appropriate fish food, losses of fish, lack of access to high quality fish fingerlings and dehydration and poor water quality were also important to a number of farmers.
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