Investigating the factors affecting the agricultural drought of wheat farmers in Kabgian district of Boyer Ahmad county

Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research

Ali gholami kalus ¹ , Aiatollah Karami ² , Mehdi Nooripoor ³

1 - Ph.D. Student of Agricultural Development, Department of Rural Development Management, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Rural Development Management, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Department of Rural Development Management, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran.

Received: 2021-08-15 Accepted : 2023-08-16 Published : 2023-07-23

Keywords: Drought, Economic effect, Social effect, Environmental effect,

Abstract :

Introduction: Drought is one of the most important climate hazards that has social, economic and environmental effects. This phenomenon is a great threat to agriculture and development. Droughts occur every year in some parts of Iran and cause a lot of damage. As a result of the recent droughts, according to estimates, in Boyer Ahmad county, the area under water wheat cultivation in 2019 compared to 2012 has decreased by about 26%. Therefore, addressing the issue of drought seems inevitable.
Materials and Methods: The purpose of this research is to know the effects of agricultural drought in the rural areas of Kabgian district of Boyer Ahmad county. The sample size was selected based on Bartlett's table of 180 people and data analysis was done by content analysis method and SPSS software and by factor analysis method.
Findings: The results show that the factors of economic resilience, social resilience and infrastructural-management were identified as the most important and main factors of the economic, social and environmental effects of drought, respectively.
Conclusion: The construction of small dams and floodgate is the main infrastructure factor in the opinion of the farmers of the study area to reduce the consequences of drought.

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