Tanakian, Sanaz
Asgharipour, Mohammad Reza
Ghanbari, Seyed Ahmad
Ramroudi, Mahmoud
Marzban, Zahra
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Zabol (Grant No. IR-UOZ-GR-6673)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2025
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the University of Zabol and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Zabol (Approval No. UOZ-EC-1400–12). The full name of the approving committee is the ‘Research Ethics Committee of the University of Zabol’. All participants (farmers) provided informed verbal consent prior to interviews, as per local customs and institutional guidelines for non-invasive survey-based research. No personal identifiers were collected to ensure anonymity.
: Not applicable. The manuscript contains no individual person’s data in any form.