Reza Norouz Valashedi; Jaber Rahimi; Abbas Alipour
Volume 26, Issue 3 , September 2019, , Pages 640-649
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the effective factors on farmers' participation in combating desertification plans in Iran. Thus, a number of farmers as a sample population were selected using Cochran’s formula and multi-stages sampling for selecting samples was done. A questionnaire ...
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The main purpose of this study was to analyze the effective factors on farmers' participation in combating desertification plans in Iran. Thus, a number of farmers as a sample population were selected using Cochran’s formula and multi-stages sampling for selecting samples was done. A questionnaire was used to collect data whose validity was confirmed by advisor and supervisor professors and some experts of desert organization. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by computing Cronbach's alpha that was more than 0.75. Data were analyzed using SPSS and Expert choice 11 software and results showed that the population of the study had low literacy and income. They also had participated very few in education courses, whereas it was observed a significant positive relationship between variables such as literacy, income, and participation in education courses with the participation variable. Also, the correlation relationship between independent factors such as psychological, cultural, economic, education/extension and institution factors with the dependent variable of participation variable showed that except psychological factor, all of those factors had a significant relationship (sig level of 0.01) with participation variable. The results of the regression analysis also revealed that social/cultural and economic factors were the most important factors on the participation variable and explained 66% of participation changes. The model output indicated that rural communities showed significant interest in the city.
Mostafa Taleshi; Seyed Jafar Seyed Akhlaghi
Volume 26, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 459-473
Abstract
Resilience is one of the strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities in dealing with natural hazards. The present study examines the role of livelihood diversity as a strategic approach for adaptation and coping with drought risk in Hablehroud watershed. In this research, ...
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Resilience is one of the strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities in dealing with natural hazards. The present study examines the role of livelihood diversity as a strategic approach for adaptation and coping with drought risk in Hablehroud watershed. In this research, the research method was quantitative and survey based, and descriptive, analytical and correlation methods were used. To this end, 9 villages from different areas of the province with different degrees of drought and development were selected by simple random sampling method. Then, based on the Cochran formula, 271 households were selected as the sample size. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed through a panel of experts, and the reliability of the research tool was confirmed by a Cronbach's alpha of 0.842 at a very good level. The results showed that the level of resilience in the area was undesirable and lower than the average level, and the average of the human, social and physical capital index of the area was higher than the average value of the financial (economic) and natural capital. Based on the findings, adoption of a livelihood diversity strategy in promoting the resilience of rural households in Hablehroud area had a significant effect on drought risk.