Analysis of Development of Poultry Industry on Improving the Sustainable Livelihood of Rural Families in Aq Qala County

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Corresponding Author, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Human Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Geography Department of Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In recent years, improvement of rural sustainable livelihood has been the focus of attention for many researchers. Doing business and the ability to earn the livelihood for family is vital especially for the residents of rural areas; and creating opportunities for sustainable livelihood with appropriate income is the best way to lift people out of poverty. Increasing job opportunities is a complicated challenge; and the private sector can be the best source of economic growth and employment creation because of its activity in the free market. This survey has been prepared with analyzing the effects of development of poultry industry on improving the sustainable livelihood of rural families in Aq Qala. It is an applied survey that uses descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population includes all 675 rural workers in the poultry industry out of which 250 individuals were determined as the sample size by the use of Cochrane's formula. Data collections tool were researcher-made questionnaire including 66 variables whose content validity was achieved by professors and reliability was achieved 0.93 by the use of Cronbach's alpha. Data analysis was conducted by the use of Chi-square correlation analysis, Friedman mean value comparison and Spearman correlation coefficient in SPSS software, and the maps were prepared by the use of ArcGIS. The results achieved from tests show that there is a significant relationship with up to 99% confidence between development of poultry industry and dimensions of sustainable livelihood; and development of poultry industry has improved the indicators of sustainable livelihood. Its result is employment and income increase, improvement of training and food security, improvement of welfare, decrease of villagers' immigration to cities, decrease of vulnerability and regaining human dignity. Therefore, for the development and expansion of this industry, it is recommended to attract investments and use the capacity of knowledge-based companies to breed poultry.

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