Recognition and Analysis of Coping strategies with Drought in Yazd Province from Agricultural Expert Views
Journal Title: International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to survey the strategies of coping with drought in rural areas, from the agricultural expert's viewpoints in Yazd Province. This survey is a functional type and is analytical-explanatory. The population of this study includes over four hundred and twelve (412) persons using Morgan and Krejcie's table. One hundred and eighty-five (185) of them were chosen randomly for sampling, and the tool used is a researcher’s questionnaire. Formal validity of questionnaire was proven by expert panels. A survey of the same population with thirty (30) questionnaires was done, and a finding by the use of Cronbach alpha formula in the SPSS software, obtained a stability of 0.84. To analyze the data, factor analysis model was used, and findings revealed the most important strategies with drought in the study area which includes six (6) components (economical and supportive, informative and educational, local institution reinforcement, capacity building, optimum water management and irrigation, reinforcing systematic approach and cooperative management and psychological and social)of variance and cumulative variance by these six components are 92.23. Finally, it is presented based on findings of practical research suggestions.
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Vakil Heidari Sareban, Soheyla Bakhtar
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