Explaining the Obstacles and Requirements for Agricultural Development in Response to Drought Consequences (Case study: Hamoon villages)

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1 Explaining the Obstacles and Requirements for Agricultural Development in Response to Drought Consequences (Case study: Hamoon villages)

2 Assistant Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran

3 Ph. D Student of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The present study aims to explain the obstacles and requirements of agricultural development in response to the consequences of drought in rural areas of Hamoon. This research is applied and has an interpretative and analytical nature and is in the qualitative and quantitative research group in terms of method. SPSS software, grounded theory method and fuzzy Cooperas model were used to analyze the data. The following categories (lack of water resources, climate change, increasing soil and desertification, lack of appropriate infrastructure, incorrect mechanisms against drought, undesirable governance, dominance of a centralized and sectoral approach in agricultural and rural development, centralized and polar politics, and Afghanistan's water policies) were identified as obstacles to agricultural development in Hamoon villages. The results also showed that the categories (international cooperation, sustainable management of water resources, combating climate change, developing common infrastructure, economic and social support, and strengthening integrated management) were identified as requirements for agricultural development in Hamoon villages. Then, Pearson correlation test was used to correlate the requirements for agricultural development and reducing the consequences of drought.

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