Investigating the Factors Affecting the Recession of Farmers in BolbanAbad Rangelands (Dehgolan City, Kurdistan Province)

Ahmadi, Farzad; Heydari, Ghodratollah; Ahmadi, Ronak

doi:10.22092/ijrdr.2019.119362

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D Student of rangeland, Department of Rangeland Management, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Rangeland, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran, Iran

³ Ph.D Student, Department of Rangeland Management, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22092/ijrdr.2019.119362

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the beneficiaries' economic recession in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The statistical population of this study was 400 beneficiaries in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The sample size of this study was determined to be 196 rangeland beneficiaries by using Krejcie and Morgan table. A random sampling method was used to select the samples. The tool used to collect data and information was a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by rangeland experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22. The results of Spearman correlation test showed that economic factors had the highest correlation with the beneficiaries' economic recession. In addition, the results of factor analysis showed that among the economic factors, the lack of job diversification with a coefficient of 0.912; among the management factors, the limitation of credit transfer to low-income beneficiaries to reduce the income dependency with a coefficient of 0.885; among the environmental factors, the traditional livestock vulnerability due to drought and forage deficiency with a coefficient of 0.893; and among the social factors, the distrust between the beneficiaries in collaborative activities with a coefficient of 0.910 had the most impact on the beneficiaries' economic recession. Also, the results of the path analysis showed that the most direct and total effects were related to economic factors and the most indirect effect was related to management factors.

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Iranian Journal of Range and Desert Research

Investigating the Factors Affecting the Recession of Farmers in BolbanAbad Rangelands (Dehgolan City, Kurdistan Province)

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Volume 26, Issue 2
July 2019
Pages 412-422

Investigating the Factors Affecting the Recession of Farmers in BolbanAbad Rangelands (Dehgolan City, Kurdistan Province)

References

References

Volume 26, Issue 2July 2019Pages 412-422

Volume 26, Issue 2
July 2019
Pages 412-422