A comparative study of factors affecting the decline of traditional livestock in two areas of Plain and mountainous (Case Study: Rural Alqchyn city functions Choram)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Hamid Heydari Mokarar ¹ , Hamidreza Nasimi ² , Mehrdad Rashidfar ³

1 - استادیار جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی روستایی، دانشگاه زابل، زابل، ایران
2 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی روستایی، دانشگاه زابل، زابل، ایران
3 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی روستایی، دانشگاه زابل، زابل، ایران

Received: 2016-12-19 Accepted : 2018-01-13 Published : 2019-05-22

Keywords: animal husbandry, traditional animal husbandry, factors recession, the importance of pasture, Alqchyn vill,

Abstract :

The country's rural and tribal society, a society which is based on its livestock is built in the traditional way. Despite the traditional farming systems play a vital role in the production of milk and meat needed a large part of the country, the unstable conditions for the survival of their own. The most important factors: the use of natural resources, turning to modern technology industries, higher levels of health and culture and etc, is that has led to this traditional livelihoods, in some rural areas the recession put a long history. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the decline of traditional livestock in the villages of research methods in terms of purpose, applied and descriptive - analytic.The population consisted of households living in rural ranchers Alqchyn is Choram city functions. A sample using Cochran formula consists of 198 farmer households were given. Data on two areas by SPSS software through the use of appropriate statistical tests, were analyzed.The Mann-Whitney test was used at the %95 confidence level, the results show that the dosage of extension-education courses and the cost of medication and veterinarian with the Sig. (2-tailed) = .000 most significant difference between the two areas must be concluded and the measures to protect the environment with the implementation and operations Sig. (2-tailed) = .833 and investment in other pastoral activities with the Sig. (2-tailed) = .567 same situation in the two areas and the most significant difference is achieved.

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