Identifying and prioritizing the challenges of sustainable livelihood of villagers in Dezful Township

Document Type : Original Article

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گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی پایدار، واحد شوشتر، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شوشتر، ایران.

10.30490/rvt.2024.363458.1548

Abstract

Sustainability of rural livelihood is one of the pillars of sustainable rural development. Paying attention to the challenges facing sustainable rural livelihoods and trying to manage them paves the way for sustainable development. The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize the challenges of sustainable rural livelihood in Dezful township. This research is applied in terms of its purpose, and in terms of research method, it is a description of the non-experimental type of research. To identify the challenge, criteria and sub-criteria, content and exploratory analysis was used using qualitative methods of semi-structured interview and brainstorming technique. The process of fuzzy hierarchical analysis with pairwise comparisons was used to prioritize challenges according to sub-criteria. Based on the final prioritization, these challenges are: management and planning challenge, infrastructural challenge, technical and technological challenge, environmental challenge and legislative challenge. At the end, operational solutions were presented to manage the identified challenges. By solving the identified challenges, a suitable environment will be provided for the development of sustainable rural livelihood in the study area.

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Village and Development

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Available Online from 19 February 2024

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