Saffron Agronomy and Technology

Saffron Agronomy and Technology

The Effects of Saffron Economic Stability of Rural Residents in the Darbeghazi District City of Nishabur

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Seyed Amir Mohamad Alavizade 1
Mahmood Reza Mirlotfi 2
Nazanin Naimabadi 3
1 Assistant Professor, Geography and Rural Planning, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Geography and Rural Planning, University of Zabol
3 Ph.d Student in Geography and Rural Planning, University of Tehran Karazmi
10.22048/jsat.2016.17363
Abstract
Agricultural sustainability is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of sustainable development. The main source of income for the residents of villages of the Khorasan Razavi province is based on agricultural and horticultural products especially sale of saffron. In this regard the turquoise shades of the flowers of this plant encompass all of the fields in Nishabur and they have been much welcomed by farmers in this city. In this study, the cultivation of saffron in creating economic stability of the rural district Derbghazi in the central part of the city of Nishabur city will be examined. The research method in this paper is based on library, documentary, field and analytical – descriptive studies. In this context and in order to determine the economic stability of rural areas, the Morris Davis model has been used. This model contains three matrices that separately calculate and analyze the economic indicators. The statistical population under study consists of more than one hundred households from the rural villages in the Derbghazi rural district and the sample population studied consists of 308 households based on the Cochran formula. The results of the Morris Davis model indicate that among ten villages that were studied, Behroudi, Jilo, Khojan and Norouazabad have low economic stability, and Rouhabad, Haghiye, Shadmiyane, Karizak plus the villages of Jafarabad garden and Karizak Sabbah have average economic stability. In the end and based on the results of the research study some recommendations are presented in order to maintain employment in the region and support the farmers who are cultivating saffron to encourage the till of saffron and help the economic stability of the residents of the villages that were studied.
Keywords
Saffron
sustainable development
the Morris Davis
the village

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Saffron Agronomy and Technology
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 12
Summer 2016
Pages 133-142