Abstract
This study was conducted to seek the opinion of walnut producers
on barriers affecting the success of producers to found
production cooperatives regarding horticultural products in Tuyserkan
Township, Iran. A sample of 234 walnut producers were randomly
selected through multistage cluster sampling technique. Descriptive-correlation
research method was used in this study which has
been implemented through the questionnaire. For determining the
validity of questionnaire, the face and content validity was used.
Reliability for the instrument was estimated at 0.94. According to
factor analysis, barriers to found and develop walnut production
cooperatives were categorized into seven groups that explained
65.799% of the total variance of the research variables. The results
also indicated that lack of cultural infrastructures, inadequate
knowledge and incorrect opinions of producers and leaders,
inadequate laws and vulnerability and infrastructural barriers had
the most effect to found and develop walnut production cooperatives,
respectively.