ISSN 2167-0447
International Journal of Agricultural Sciences ISSN: 2167-0447 Vol. 9 (7), pp. 001-005, July, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
A community-based management model for the implementation sustainable development in rural areas of Iran
Loghman Rashidpour1, Seyed Jamal Farajallah Hosseini2, Mohammad Chizari3 and Seyed Mahdi Mirdamadi4
1Department of Agricultural Management, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad Branch, Mahabad, Iran.
2,4Department of Agricultural development, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.
3Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Accepted 21 April, 2019
Abstract
Community-based management is basically the involvement of the beneficiary communities in the management of sustainable rural development facilities. Community based management will become the pivotal instruments responsible for managing community development, which include the assessment of community/demands as well as the potential planning and implementing development programs. In this study, survey and descriptive-correlation research methods, were used to design the pattern of community-based management and its application for sustainable rural development process in Iran rural areas. Study population consisted of 270, local community (rural councils), offices experts in rural related office activities and, Agricultural and Natural Resources Engineering Organization - NGO members. Conclusions of structural equation modeling of the accepted characteristics indicated that latent variable such as “Stakeholder’s Role” and “Affecting Factors” have positive effect and “Obstacles” latent variable has a negative role to design CBM. A structural equation indicate that these variables altogether account for 93% of variance (R2 = 0.93) in designing community-based manage-ment. Overall community-based management will have more impotent role in rural developments process planning, organizing, staffing, controlling and directing.
Key words: Community-based management, sustainable rural development, stakeholders, affecting factors, obstacles, structural equation modeling.