Investigating the Factors Affecting Drought Management of (Ardakan) Farmers

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Homa Poorhosseini ¹ , Maryam Omidi Najafabadi ² , seyed jamal farajollah hosseini ³

1 - Agricultural Extension and Education Master, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-07-19 Accepted : 2022-12-07 Published : 2023-12-22

Keywords: Social-cultural Indicators, Economic Indicators, Technical factor, Stepwise Regression.,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Drought is an inevitable phenomenon known as a natural disaster. Iran has not been immune to this damage in history. Material and Methodology: The purpose of this study is to identify drought management and thus provide solutions to drought management. At first, individual, social, economic, educational, technical and policy indicators were surveyed in villages of Ardakan city with the highest drought. The statistical population of this research is Ardakan farmers (N=3130), of which 418 samples were collected by Cochran sampling method for collecting information through a questionnaire. A questionnaire was used to collect the data and for its reliability, the preliminary test was confirmed by completing 30 questionnaires and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for its different parts was calculated to be between 0.702 and 0.805. Findings: The results of stepwise regression analysis indicate that social and cultural indicators explain 46.1 percent of variance dependent changes (drought management) and have been considered as the most influential indicator in this research. Disscusion and Conclusion: In the field of social and cultural indicators in the direction of drought management, it is suggested that by promoting the culture of using water and using cultural and promotional tools during drought among farmers and also providing conditions for providing better drought management information to the villagers Help manage the drought as best as possible through communication channels.

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