Environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought from the viewpoint of Guilan paddy farmers, north Iran
A comprehensive assessment of drought environmental and socio-economic impacts provides critical information to rational decisions supporting drought mitigation policies and programs. The objectives of this study were to survey environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought in Guilan Province...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Guilan
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_1099.html |
| Summary: | A comprehensive assessment of drought environmental and socio-economic impacts provides critical
information to rational decisions supporting drought mitigation policies and programs. The objectives of
this study were to survey environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought in Guilan Province, and
prioritize them from the viewpoint of paddy farmers. This study was a descriptive-correlation study, and
a questionnaire was the main tool used. The validity of the questionnaire was determined by a panel of
experts. The reliability of the questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 85%. The statistical
population was the farmers whose basic profession was production of rice and who faced drought
according to the information of Agricultural Organization (Jihad-e-Keshavarzi) in 2009. By using the
proportional stratified sample method, 270 of these individuals were chosen to complete the
questionnaires. The results indicated that drought, in addition to reducing the white-rice production to 312
kg per hectare, also caused some environmental and socio-economic impacts from the viewpoint of paddy
farmers. Prioritizing impacts of drought were economic, environmental and social respectively. Other
findings indicated that there were no statistically significant relationships between age and environmental
and social impacts and between land ownership type and economic and social impacts. But, there was a
statistically significant relationship between age and literacy level and economic impacts, literacy level and
social and environmental impacts and between land ownership types and environmental impacts of
drought.
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| ISSN: | 1735-3033 1735-3866 |