جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Rural » در نشریات گروه « منابع طبیعی »

Water shortage has become a global crisis since the past few decades. Therefore, using water for domestic purposes judiciously and fairly has become an essential part of a sensible water policy worldwide. Iran is squandering thrice the global average in water loss. This challenge is particularly serious in Kohgilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. From a theoretical perspective, the proposal that people's domestic water use is associated with their conservative attitude is supported by literature that states that the magnitude of people's behavior patterns can influence the degree to which they act on those habits. Research has also established that many factors, such as religious values, concern for the environment, knowledge of environmental issues, as well as educational level, size of household, income, and gender of householders, and where they live, can critically influence their attitude towards the environment. Several studies from a range of areas, such as economics, have examined the probable influence of preserving actions targeted toward water utilization. Considering the vital role of water users in water wastage management, this survey study has investigated factors affecting attitude of beneficiaries toward saving domestic water among the rural households in Kohgilouyeh and BoyerAhmad province.

Survey study was the main approach and the methodology used in this study to identify basic information about the pattern of domestic water use in rural households includes: household composition, educational level, sources of income/livelihood, level of income, monthly water use, including indoor and outdoor water use, and sanitation in two different regions of high- and low- level of water in Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad province. The study population was consisted of rural household heads in this province. Stratified multi-stage random sampling was used to collect data from 282 households of areas with low- and- high level of water. Structural questionnaires were used to collect data. The questionnaires' validity was confirmed by panel of experts and a pilot study was done to assess the reliability. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were equal to 0.62-0.92 for different measures. The final set of explanatory variables controls for the influence of climatic conditions on water conservation attitudes. Climate-related data were obtained from Meteorological and Regional Water Organizations of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer Ahmad province. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 21) was used to treat and analyze the obtained data.

Analytical results revealed that rural residents of water-rich and waterpoor areas were significantly different with respect to their religious beliefs, perception of saving equipment and social norms. In spite of the fact that intergenerational justice, social norms, awareness towards water crisis, institutional trust and responsibility were the most important predictors of households’ conservative attitude in water-poor areas, religious beliefs, social trust and responsibility could explain 44% of variation in householders’ conservative attitude in water-rich rural areas. Hierarchical regression results also indicated that domestic water use in water-rich regions was positively related to users’ religious beliefs and their accountability. This is while the relation between social trust and water use was negative. Similar results were obtained for the water-poor areas regarding the positive relation between intergenerational justice, social norms, awareness towards water crisis, and accountability. This is while the relation between institutional trust and conservative attitude was negative.

This study sought to analyze the social, psychological, attitudes and behaviors related to household water preservation. Three aspects were targeted in the study: a) complexity of behavior, meaning better understanding of environmental awareness, targeting behavior for improvement, b) behavior patterns: Examining people’s water consumption and saving behaviors, and c) social norms: A close look at people's social backgrounds and their attitudes towards the subject. Results of the research supported that to a significant extent, an individual's behavior is determined by the surrounding social environment as well as social norms. It is possible to promote preservation of water by instilling values into society.

The appearance of rural settlements has been based on natural factors such as soil and water. Natural factors have a decisive effect on location, dispersion, range of influence, physical development, morphology, and the like, and these factors sometimes act as a positive factor and sometimes as a negative factor. The purpose of this study is the status of rural settlements in Firoozabad city in relation to natural factors. The statistical population includes rural settlements of Firoozabad city. This city has two parts and 5 rural districts. The method studied in this research is the fuzzy TOPSIS method, which is one of the best decision-making methods based on fuzzy variables. The information used includes altitude, slope, direction, climate, vegetation, soil, erosion, land use, which have been analyzed in GIS environment. Findings show that the central part with the most villages has the weakest performance compared to natural factors and Ahmadabad rural district is in the first place with 95% The second part of the city is related to a part of Meymand that has performed better in terms of natural factors so that most of the villages in the city are in a better condition in this part. In general, rural settlements in the north and northwest of Firoozabad are in a better situation. While the situation of rural settlements in the southern and central parts of the city is unsuitable. Be in an awkward position. Therefore, it demands that the potential and capacity of rural settlements in the city be well studied and in proportion to the existing talents in the region, to introduce, plan and implement alternative livelihood programs for the agro-livestock economy that is currently and has destroyed this situation.

Production of agricultural products as an effective part in the development of the country in various dimensions is of great importance; However, considering the waste of production of these products in the country, which according to statistics is more than 30% of total production, it seems necessary to change production methods by aligning farmers and villagers to use new production technologies by them through communication solutions. Participate in urgent action. The statistical population of this study was the promoters working in Khorasan Razavi agricultural jihad and extension assistants related to the agricultural jihad of the province. Based on non-probability sampling, the sample population was selected as described. The "qualitative" and "quantitative" methods used in this research are as follows: At first, in the "qualitative" method, through "in-depth interviews", 15 agricultural workers in the villages of Mashhad were interviewed and the answers provided by the software Maxqda was analyzed and based on these results, the measurement tool was designed with 40 items and 220 agricultural promoters across the province were asked to respond and then the results were analyzed using SPSS software. The purpose of this study is to obtain a model to explain the impact of participatory communication on the use of new production technologies among farmers. All 8 hypotheses in this study were tested and confirmed using variance test and one-way analysis of variance, and finally, using linear regression, the effect of variables was confirmed. It is suggested that agricultural promoters use the knowledge and tools of participatory communication to align farmers to use new production technologies.

The excessive consumption of toxins, pesticides, and fertilizers in agriculture causes vital sources of water, soil, and food to be polluted. This problem has caused, experts to be considered energy consumption in agriculture, as one of the major environmental-threatening challenges. Energy consumption in crop and garden products are directly related to agricultural tillage systems. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of conservation agriculture systems on sustainable agriculture which, the irrigated wheat was surveyed in Hamadan province. 370 farmers were selected randomly from agricultural cooperatives. data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed with Excel and Spss software. The findings showed that; the total input energy in the wheat production process, in the conservation tillage system, was (32GJ/h) and the output energy was (11GJ/h). the energy generated by diesel consumption with more than %42 as the main fossil fuel in the first place and fertilizer with %32 was in the second place. The results showed that; the low-tillage farming system is an important step towards optimal use of energy in agricultural production and achieving the sustainable agriculture and rural development is possible if, the principles of low conservation tillage-system are done correctly. In addition, the expansion of conservation agriculture systems, as well as using scenarios such as tax increase and monitoring systems, can reduce environmental impact and fulfill the sustainable agriculture goals.

In order to participate in the watershed plans, the effective factors should be considered. The study aimed at investigating the role of villagers' attitudes to watershed plans on their participation (Case study: Saeed abad Kiasar Watershed). This study is a practical research that do in the form of correlation-descriptive method. Statistical population comprised head of families (N= 343) from saeedabad watershed basin. The sample size was calculated using the Cochran formula in an attempt to recruit 157 individuals as prospective participants. The stratified random sampling was employed in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data; its validity was confirmed by experts and scholars. Cronbach's alpha was reported between 0.75-0.89 for the questionnaire. The average number of times in training courses has been 1 times. The average participation of villagers in watershed plans and attitude were at a high level. The regression analysis showed that 29 percent participation variance was explained by attitude. According to the achieved results of the research, It is recommended that by carefully planning and creating a favorable attitude in villagers, their participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of watershed plans can be used.