Investigating Factors Affecting the Resilience (Economic-Environmental) of Rural Households in the Sistan Region against Drought and the Absence of the Hirmand River Water

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1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol,, Zabol

2 خیابان پاسداران کوچه شهید ژیانی پلاک 31

3 Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol

10.30490/rvt.2024.361851.1562

Abstract

Sistan is one of the dry regions of the country due to weather conditions and lack of Hirmand river, which has been facing the challenge of drought for many years and suffers from the severity of this phenomenon. In order to reduce the effects of this phenomenon, it has become a fundamental issue for experts to demand the formulation of comprehensive plans to deal with drought in this region. In general, one of the approaches to overcome the drought phenomenon is the resilience approach, which requires a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of the factors affecting it in the agricultural exploitation system. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the economic and environmental resilience of rural households. The required data and information were collected through a questionnaire and direct reference to relevant organizations, and by quantifying the resilience variable, the effect of demographic, economic and environmental variables on this variable was evaluated using the ordinal logit model. The results showed that the resilience of farmers against drought is low, and variables such as capability and location, demographic and economic factors have a positive and significant effect on total resilience, and variables such as farmers' education have a negative and significant effect on the probability of a household being placed at higher levels. It has a lot of resilience. Among these variables, the indicators related to income (from low to high level), collateral capital and place belonging have the greatest effect on resilience with 27.42, 14.19 and 13.95%, respectively.

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Village and Development

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Available Online from 30 June 2024

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