Subject Areas : پژوهشهای اقتصاد روستا
Abdolhamid Popzan 1 , Leila Sharafi 2
1 - دانشیار و عضو هیئتعلمی دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه، ایران
2 - کارشناس ارشد ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی، دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه، ایران
Keywords: Strategic SWOT, Optimal use of water resources, Local Participation, Irrigation Systems,
Abstract :
The overall objective of this research was a strategic analysis of villagers' participation in advanced irrigation systems according to the viewpoint of farmers and experts in Songhor city. The methods used in this study were qualitative – quantitative, practical. The population is the farmers who uses the irrigation systems in Songhor ,Kermanshah province, as well as the regional experts in agriculture and water organizations of Kermanshah, the sample was selected through snowball technique .The results showed that, clarification and farmers' awareness of all the dimensions of projects, increasing the reliability and trying to keep and strengthen it with respect to local cultures and customs, are the main internal strength points; and lack of trust among the farmers, cooperatives and authorities and also lack of competency and honesty among the executive managers, are the most important internal weakness points in farmers' participation. Yet, providing necessary bases to the farmers to participate and to be present in all projects' performances, facilitating the communication between local organizations and farmers are the most external opportunities; lack of intersection coordination and lack of convergent in governmental activities in the region, having too much emphasis on the physical development and economic advantages, are considered as the most important external threats to the farmers' participation in Songhor's irrigation system.