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Farhad Lashgarara
Department of Economic, Agricultural Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 14778-93855, Iran

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Journal article
Published: 27 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Climate change and drought have greatly affected the food security of rural families. Regarding to importance of the resilience approach in food security, this study aimed to examine the resiliency determinant factors based on six indicators included income and food access, access to basic services, assets, social safety net, adaptive capacity, and stability. The above-mentioned indicators were extracted from the food and agricultural organization’s resilience index. This research was of the survey type, and data were collected from a sample of population based on a stratified random sampling. The sample population was 270 respondents from the Fars province who faced food insecurity due to drought. Based on the factorial analysis, the model presented in this research had a high predictability of resilience among rural households. The validity and reliability of this model were tested and verified. The results showed that the stability variable was considered the most important resiliency determinant toward food insecurity. Cluster analysis suggested two groups: high- and low-resilience households. The results revealed that more than half of rural families had a lower resilience to food insecurity, while less than 45 percent of rural households in this study had higher resiliency, which was characterized by a series of features. The verified model in this study identified a standard framework for assessing the resiliency of households to cope with food insecurity and to recover from shocks related to drought.

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Nosha Nahid; Farhad Lashgarara; Seyed Farajolah Hosseini; Seyed Mirdamadi; Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam. Determining the Resilience of Rural Households to Food Insecurity during Drought Conditions in Fars Province, Iran. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8384 .

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Nosha Nahid, Farhad Lashgarara, Seyed Farajolah Hosseini, Seyed Mirdamadi, Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam. Determining the Resilience of Rural Households to Food Insecurity during Drought Conditions in Fars Province, Iran. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8384.

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Nosha Nahid; Farhad Lashgarara; Seyed Farajolah Hosseini; Seyed Mirdamadi; Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam. 2021. "Determining the Resilience of Rural Households to Food Insecurity during Drought Conditions in Fars Province, Iran." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8384.

Original paper
Published: 02 September 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
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The poultry industry is one of the most important economic activities in Iran. Due to the high consumption and rising energy prices in this industry, it is necessary to replace the current fuel sources with renewable sources such as solar energy to reduce production costs. Therefore, “considering the effective factors on the feasibility of utilizing solar energy in the poultry industry” is the main goal of this qualitative research. This research is an applied type of research, and (systematic) grounded theory is used. The data were collected by performing in-depth semi-structured interviews with the 13 agricultural experts in this field. Data analysis was done by using MAX qualitative data analysis version 12.3 software (maxqdav12.3) in three steps: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding to identify dimensions, main categories, subcategories, and concepts related to codes. The results of this study identified 32 initial codes and six main following factors were categorized: causal conditions, pivotal phenomenon, interventionist factors, contextual factors, strategies, consequences, and the relationship between them was analyzed. A model was finally designed based on the results of the study.

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Z. Mohammadi; S. M. Mirdamadi; S. J. Farajollah Hosseini; F. Lashgarara. Qualitative analysis of effective factors on the feasibility of utilizing solar technology in the poultry industry. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2020, 18, 703 -710.

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Z. Mohammadi, S. M. Mirdamadi, S. J. Farajollah Hosseini, F. Lashgarara. Qualitative analysis of effective factors on the feasibility of utilizing solar technology in the poultry industry. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 2020; 18 (3):703-710.

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Z. Mohammadi; S. M. Mirdamadi; S. J. Farajollah Hosseini; F. Lashgarara. 2020. "Qualitative analysis of effective factors on the feasibility of utilizing solar technology in the poultry industry." International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 18, no. 3: 703-710.

Articles
Published: 09 March 2020 in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
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Climate change poses as one of the greatest ethical challenges of the contemporary era and which is rapidly affecting all sectors and ecosystems, including natural ecosystems and human and social environments. The impacts on human societies, and societies’ ability to mitigate and adapt to these changes and to adhere to ethical principles are influenced by various factors, including gender. Therefore, this study aimed to design a model of climate change adaptation behavior among rice farmers in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, based on gender analysis (IUCN, UNDP and GGCA in Training manual on gender and climate change, 2009) and using the developed model of protection motivation theory (Bockarjova and Steg in Glob Environ Change 28:276–288, 2014). For this purpose, 173 female and 233 male rice farmers in Mazandaran Province were selected through stratified random sampling. The results showed that threat and coping appraisal had positive and significant effects on climate change adaptation behavior in both groups. Additionally, men’s and women’s perceived severity had the greatest impact on threat appraisal, and response costs had the greatest impact on their coping appraisal of climate change. Given that climate change adaptation behavior has been largely dependent on the development of ethical principles and the behavior of men and women toward climate change and based on the research findings, some suggestions are recommended at the mega (international), macro (governmental and legislative), meso (related organizations) and micro (rice farmers) levels for male and female rice farmers to adapt to the climate change phenomenon.

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Imaneh Goli; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara. Where are We Standing and Where Should We Be Going? Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Behavior. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 2020, 33, 187 -218.

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Imaneh Goli, Maryam Omidi Najafabadi, Farhad Lashgarara. Where are We Standing and Where Should We Be Going? Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Behavior. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 2020; 33 (2):187-218.

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Imaneh Goli; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara. 2020. "Where are We Standing and Where Should We Be Going? Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Behavior." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 33, no. 2: 187-218.

Journal article
Published: 27 October 2018 in Water
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Climate change and water scarcity are the most important challenges of the agricultural sector, and pressurized irrigation systems (PISs) are one of the most significant ways to improve agricultural water productivity. The main purpose of this research was to identify the factors affecting the use of PISs by farmers. The statistical research population was a total of 2396 Iranian model farmers. The Cochran formula was used to determine the number of statistical samples. Accordingly, this comprised 331 people. The methodology of the study was mixed method research. The structural equation modeling technique, Mann–Whitney U, and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that the personal characteristics, tendency, attitude, self-efficacy, subjective norms, governmental support, environmental tensions, and technological features were the most important factors which influenced the farmers. It was found that all of these variables had a positive and significant relationship with the using of PISs by farmers, and they were able to predict 52% of the behavioral changes (R2) of the farmers. Among these variables, the attitude, with a path coefficient (β) of 0.48, had the highest impact on the using of PISs by the farmers.

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Abdullah Momvandi; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Jamal F. Hosseini; Farhad Lashgarara. The Identification of Factors Affecting the Use of Pressurized Irrigation Systems by Farmers in Iran. Water 2018, 10, 1532 .

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Abdullah Momvandi, Maryam Omidi Najafabadi, Jamal F. Hosseini, Farhad Lashgarara. The Identification of Factors Affecting the Use of Pressurized Irrigation Systems by Farmers in Iran. Water. 2018; 10 (11):1532.

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Abdullah Momvandi; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Jamal F. Hosseini; Farhad Lashgarara. 2018. "The Identification of Factors Affecting the Use of Pressurized Irrigation Systems by Farmers in Iran." Water 10, no. 11: 1532.

Journal article
Published: 14 November 2017 in Sustainability
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This study was designed to evaluate the role of organic farming in improving food security from the perspective of farmers in the Fars province of Iran. The research method was practical in terms of its purpose, non-experimental in terms of the data collection, and correlational in terms of the data analysis. The study population comprised 622 farmers who were members of plant pathology clinics in Fars province of which 187 of them were selected as the sample size by the use of Cochran’s formula through a proportional stratified sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire for which validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.704–0.982). The results revealed that farmers (45.5%) viewed their food security at an average level. The estimated standardized regression coefficients in the model showed that, from the farmers’ perspective, the most effective capabilities in improving food security were technical (0.747), health and safety (0.735), and the optimization of production (0.628), respectively.

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Laleh Morshedi; Farhad Lashgarara; Seyed Jamal Farajollah Hosseini; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi. The Role of Organic Farming for Improving Food Security from the Perspective of Fars Farmers. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2086 .

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Laleh Morshedi, Farhad Lashgarara, Seyed Jamal Farajollah Hosseini, Maryam Omidi Najafabadi. The Role of Organic Farming for Improving Food Security from the Perspective of Fars Farmers. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):2086.

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Laleh Morshedi; Farhad Lashgarara; Seyed Jamal Farajollah Hosseini; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi. 2017. "The Role of Organic Farming for Improving Food Security from the Perspective of Fars Farmers." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 2086.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology
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Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara; Amir Reza Asrari. Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 2017, 13, 404 .

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Maryam Omidi Najafabadi, Farhad Lashgarara, Amir Reza Asrari. Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 2017; 13 (4):404.

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Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara; Amir Reza Asrari. 2017. "Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company." International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 13, no. 4: 404.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology
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The aim of this study is to investigate the factors affecting on implementation of green marketing in the Zahra Rosewater Company. This is a descriptive correlation study that uses the survey method. The Zahra Rosewater Company's staff, which consists of 80 persons, some of whom are located outside of Iran, is the statistical population of this study. Because of the small sample size, a census study was conducted. The main research tool is a questionnaire which its validity was determined based on comments of agricultural management scholars. Bayesian Cronbach's alpha was 0.705 to 0.911, which substantiates the reliability of the questionnaire. Data analysis was performed through structural equations modelling using Lisrel software, and the results indicate that personal, socio-cultural, economic, educational, promotional, and technological factors are effective factors in the application of green marketing.

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Amir Reza Asrari; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara. Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 2017, 13, 404 .

AMA Style

Amir Reza Asrari, Maryam Omidi Najafabadi, Farhad Lashgarara. Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology. 2017; 13 (4):404.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Amir Reza Asrari; Maryam Omidi Najafabadi; Farhad Lashgarara. 2017. "Influencing factors on the green marketing of medicinal herbs: a case study of the Zahra Rosewater Company." International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 13, no. 4: 404.