Saffron Agronomy and Technology

Saffron Agronomy and Technology

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Saffron Cultivation Case Study of Dashtkhak village in Kerman Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mojdeh Poorkhaleghi Chatroodi 1
Hossein Mehrabi Bashrabadi 2
Elham Khajepoor 2
1 Department of Agricultural,Faculty of Agricultural,Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
2 Department of Agricultural, Faculty of Agricultural Economics, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
10.22048/jsat.2019.161331.1330
Abstract
abstract

One 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.
Keywords
alternative cropping
crop replacement
water scarcity
probit model
logit model
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Saffron Agronomy and Technology
Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 27
Winter 2020
Pages 131-144