Study of biodiversity indices of agricultural species and its relationship with socio-economic characteristics of family farms in Bandar Anzali city
Subject Areas : Agroecology JournalSomayeh Shirazi 1 , Korous Khoshbakht 2 , Hadi Veisi 3
1 - Ph.D Student in Agroecology, Research Institute of Environmental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Full Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Native Species, Sustainable agriculture, Environmental Protection, Crop diversity, Homegarden,
Abstract :
Family farms with conservation of local species richness, are suitable for conservation of agricultural biodiversity for sustainable use of natural resources to protect the environment. The study of biodiversity of family farm species was conducted with the aim of how much they are affected by individual, socio-economic factors of farmers and their families. In this study, information about farms from 84 family farms in 10 villages was collected in the form of a questionnaire through interviews and direct observation of farms. Based on the results of socio-economic factors and farm characteristics can act as influential factors on biodiversity indicators of farms. Factors such as age, more farm experience, female participation, number of household members, number of working hours on the farm, knowledge of species cultivation goals and area of home and farm have a direct and positive effect and factors such as head of household literacy and distance from sales center have a negative effect on diversity. Encouraging farmers to plant more species on farms, proper use of species in nature to prevent damage to the environment, training farmers to do crop rotation and intercropping to control pests and improve soil fertility in maintaining and expanding biodiversity is recommended.
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