Mojdeh Poorkhaleghi Chatroodi; Hossein Mehrabi Bashrabadi; Elham Khajepoor
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abstractOne of the alternative crops in Kerman province is saffron. This study aimed to investigate theeffective factors on Saffron cultivation in Dashtkhat during 1395. This is a practical and descriptive-inferential study. A questionnaire waS randomly distributed among 164 people and the reliability ...
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abstractOne of the alternative crops in Kerman province is saffron. This study aimed to investigate theeffective factors on Saffron cultivation in Dashtkhat during 1395. This is a practical and descriptive-inferential study. A questionnaire waS randomly distributed among 164 people and the reliability and validity of the gathered data was evaluated using Cronbach's α (0.76). Amonglogit and probit models, probit model was chosen based on the statistical results of Akaike and Bayesian criteria. Results of the study show that factors such as education, agronomic income, the drought level-based crop replacement and the replacement of crop based on the recommendation of other farmers had positive effects on farmers’ acceptance while dependency ratio factor had a negative effect on accepting any kind of alternation in crop cultivation. Since water scarcity is one of the most important factors influencing the acceptance level of crop replacement, all of the strategies designed for dealingwith water crisis should aim for the optimal management of groundwater aquifers. it is hoped that in the future, the Dashtkhas Village will become a prototype model for transforming crops, for other parts of the province of Kerman, which are facing the problem of dehydration in the development of their agricultural industry.
Fatemeh Rastegaripour; malihe sheybani
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Climate change is one of the most serious environmental challenges and its long-term effects can have serious economic, social and environmental consequences. The agricultural sector is one of the vulnerable parts in terms of climate change. In this regard, this study aimed to investigate the factors ...
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Climate change is one of the most serious environmental challenges and its long-term effects can have serious economic, social and environmental consequences. The agricultural sector is one of the vulnerable parts in terms of climate change. In this regard, this study aimed to investigate the factors affecting the adaptation strategies by saffron farmers Torbat-e Heydarieh using stratified random sampling method and logit model and five-part questionnaire. Data were collected by completing 380 questionnaires from saffron farmers in Torbat-e Heydarieh in 2018. The descriptive results of the study showed that most saffron farmers believe in increasing temperature, reducing rainfall and the emergence of drought and frostbite. Reducing water supply, reducing yields of saffron, reducing economic efficiency, unemployment and migration are among the consequences of climate change in Torbat-e Heydarieh. Also, based on the results, 63% of saffron farmers are willing to use adaptation strategies. The results of the Logit model estimation show that the variables of agricultural experience, land size, access to credit, extention services, media exposure and education affect the likelihood of choosing adaptive strategies. However, the variables of mechanization level and side occupation did not have a significant effect on the likelihood of choosing compatibility strategies. Therefore, government policies should provide the bank with confidence in providing bank facilities to saffron farmers who provide saffron farmers with the ability and flexibility to manage water resources, soil and other inputs in response to climate change.
