Livelihood resilience of rural households with emphasis on sustainable agriculture (Case study: Khotbe’sara district, Talesh county)

Today, the rural economy with its various dimensions is facing many risks and hazard. Therefore, the promotion of the resilience and capacity building of the vulnerable community as an important and fundamental priority has been the responsibility of many development organizations. The general purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between sustainable agriculture and livelihood resilience of rural households in Khotbe’Sara district in Talesh county. This study is applied research and method of research is descriptive-analytical. The statistical society is the rural areas of Khotbe’sara district. The sample size by considering the population and natural location of the rural (mountainous, plain, hillside) and using the Cochran were obtained 328 households. The method of data collection is library and survey. Also, to analyze the collected data were used from descriptive and inferential statistical methods (regression, Pearson correlation and one-sample t-test). The findings show that there is a significant relationship between sustainable agriculture and livelihood resilience of the studied rural households; thus, the highest impact with 75.1% is related to the social solidarity and networks indicator. Then, the indicators of social participation (64.5%), environmental conditions (62.2%), Cultivation pattern and employment (59.5%), agricultural machinery (54.1%) and institutional support and incentives (50.6%) have had the greatest impact on the subsistence resilience of studied rural households. In addition, the results of Pearson correlation indicate a statistically significant relationship between sustainable agriculture and food security in the study area.