Papers by Omid M . Ghoochani
GMO biosafety research, 2016
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Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rūstāyī, 2019
This study aimed to explain factors affecting the support of tourism development among the reside... more This study aimed to explain factors affecting the support of tourism development among the residents of wetland areas of the Khuzestan province, focusing on the development of a conceptual framework based on the social exchange and place image theories. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire which its reliability was confirmed using composite reliability, as well as Cronbach's alpha coefficient, and its validity was confirmed in three ways: content, construct, and discriminant. The statistical population of this study was the households living in the villages located in the four wetland areas of Khuzestan province, namely Shadegan, Miangaran, Bamedeh, and Hoor Al Azim. Using a stratified sampling method, we selected 316 households. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS and AMOS software. The results showed that the framework developed in this study based on social exchange theory and place image was able to fit the data well identify more variables affect...
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Journal for Nature Conservation, 2022
Wetland ecosystems conservation is a critical environmental policy and practice challenge. Though... more Wetland ecosystems conservation is a critical environmental policy and practice challenge. Though policy protection mechanisms ostensibly establish a commitment to long-term protection, the level and types of wetland threats are growing. Management of sustainable wetland resources requires community commitments to protection amongst predominantly rural stakeholders that draw upon wetland ecosystem services for their livelihoods and is vital to forming a policy strategy. This empirical study uses contingent valuation methodology with rural residents around four key wetlands areas in the ecologically fragile Khuzestan province in Iran. We find that 65% of the residents are willing to pay an amount of personal income to protect wetland ecosystems. The estimated Logit model with 84% prediction accuracy showed the variables of education and job relationship with the wetland had a positive effect on the probability of price acceptance, and the variables of living costs and marital status had a negative effect on the probability of price acceptance. In total, the conservation value of wetlands is estimated at 103,351.52 USD. Finally, we assess the policy-relevance of our findings towards community windfall payments, tax disbursements, community resource management schemes, public participation, and social outreach programs to improve social learning buy-in to long-term conservation practices.
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Agricultural biotechnology is a modern technology that introduced itself as a consolidated indust... more Agricultural biotechnology is a modern technology that introduced itself as a consolidated industry to the world that can improve the quality of life. Among the food plants, Rice is the main food for half of the world's population. Rice is grown almost exclusively for human consumption. In order to deal with the rice pests, Iranian researchers were able to produce a variety of rice of Tarom Mowla'ii called «Bt Rice». This Bt Rice has resistance to the pests. Once Iranian researchers announced GM Rice resistant to insects is ready to offer to the farmers, no one of Muslim’s country and the Middle East has not announced its readiness to deliver GM crops to the market. However, every new phenomenon, especially in the field of food and health of society needs comprehensive assessment by decision makers. There have been different perspectives about GM crops in general and Bt Rice, in particular, hence understanding and awareness of their views and opinions can help the planners p...
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Climate and Development, 2021
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Science of The Total Environment, 2020
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Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2015
Achieving sustainable development in different regional and cultural contexts is dependent, in pa... more Achieving sustainable development in different regional and cultural contexts is dependent, in part, upon an understanding of key actors’ underlying environmental, social and economic values. The social research technique called Q-methodology presents an effective means to explore such values as a matter of discourse: revealing the typologies of stakeholder perspectives within a given debate. Q-method involves factor analysis of participant rank-ordered preselected statements on a topic. The resultant factors are then reinterpreted as social discourses. In this study we use Q-methodology to explore the environmental values of Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) managers in petrochemical companies in Khuzestan province in southwest Iran. Khuzestan is a key region of petrochemical product development, with significant associated environmental pollution effects. Understanding HSE managers’ attitudes to environmental protection is of value in predicting broader environmental impacts t...
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Tourism Review, 2020
PurposeDestinations wishing to exploit their natural resources, such as wetlands, for tourism dev... more PurposeDestinations wishing to exploit their natural resources, such as wetlands, for tourism development are wise to reach consensus among their community’s stakeholders on the policies and practices needed to sustainably manage tourism development and activities in their fragile natural environments. Drawing from an old adage that you cannot manage what you do not measure, one of the most important challenges facing policymakers and destination managers is the measurement of tourism to determine if it is meeting its desired objectives. This paper aims to focus on producing a system for monitoring the performance of tourism development on sustainable tourism practices.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed system is based upon a qualitative study using the Delphi method involving stakeholders from different areas of expertise in rural economic development and natural resource management.FindingsAfter three rounds in the Delphi stage, the participants reached consensus on the follo...
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Land Use Policy, 2020
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Journal of Sustainable Rural Development, 2017
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British Food Journal, 2018
Purpose Eating patterns around the world have changed considerably, including food choices and pr... more Purpose Eating patterns around the world have changed considerably, including food choices and preparation. One of these alterations in food consumption patterns is an increase in desire for fast-food consumption, which has been associated with poor diet quality. In order to analyze consumers’ food consumption behaviors, it is necessary to account for psychological factors (e.g. attitudes) that shape behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore influencing factors on the attitudes of consumers in Isfahan City toward fast-food consumption, so as to understand why consumers use fast-food despite widespread knowledge of the negative health consequences. Design/methodology/approach The predominant paradigm of the present study was quantitative, in that it was a correlational survey. The population of this study consisted of consumers who lived in Isfahan city in June 2015. A total sample of 350 people was selected using convenience sampling. Data were collected through a fac...
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Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research, 2016
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Water Conservation Science and Engineering, 2017
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Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2016
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Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 2016
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Science and Engineering Ethics, 2015
The production of genetically modified (GM) crops is growing around the world, and with it possib... more The production of genetically modified (GM) crops is growing around the world, and with it possible opportunities to combat food insecurity and hunger, as well as solutions to current problems facing conventional agriculture. In this regard the use of GMOs in food and agricultural applications has increased greatly over the past decade. However, the development of GM crops has been a matter of considerable interest and worldwide public controversy. This, in addition to skepticism, has stifled the use of this practice on a large scale in many areas, including Iran. It stands to reason that a greater understanding of this practice could be formed after a review of the existing expert opinions surrounding GM crops. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the predictors that influence agricultural experts' attitudes toward the development of and policies related to GM crops. Using a descriptive correlational research method, questionnaire data was collected from 65 experts from the Agricultural Organization in the Gotvand district in Southwest Iran. Results indicated that agricultural experts were aware of the environmental benefits and possible risks associated with GM crops. The majority of participants agreed that GM crops could improve food security and accelerate rural development, and were proponents of labeling practices for GM crops. Finally, there was a positive correlation between the perception of benefits and attitudes towards GM crops.
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