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The agricultural specialists' attitudes toward alternative sustainable agricultural paradigms: A Galileo method analysis

  • Shiraz University

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Abstract

In an attempt to provide an agenda for sustainable agricultural development, the aim of this paper is to use Galileo methodology to illustrate the attitudes of Agricultural Organization (Jehad-e-Keshavarzi) specialists of two southern province of Iran towards the basic premises of Ecological Modernization (EM) and De-Modernization (DM) based sustainable agricultural paradigms. Data were collected from 189 agricultural specialists using a systematic random sampling method. Cognitive maps of attitude toward the two sustainable agricultural development paradigms were developed. It is concluded that there is a great distance between present and ideal agriculture of Iran. While present Iran's agriculture is more close to the premises of DM, agricultural specialists portray the future agricultural polices around EM-based agricultural paradigm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)310-319
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Volume4
Issue number2
StatePublished - Apr 2006

Keywords

  • De-modernization
  • Ecological modernization
  • Galileo method
  • Iran
  • Sustainable agricultural development paradigms

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