Ghyrzray employment and its role in sustainable rural economy Case Study: Marhamat Abad district center, Miyandoab Township

Most theories of development, the environmental crisis and the economic stability of rural diversification activities proposed approach and the approach is considered necessary for a sustainable economy. In this regard, the main problem of this study is the evaluation of the effects of diversification to activities in stability of rural economic. The present study is applied and its method is analytical- descriptive. The methods of data collection were field survey. The sample obtained by improved formula Cochran 126 households and for generalization, it upgraded to 136 households. The tools of data collection were questionnaire and interview and respondents were selected with randomly sampling. The data analysis has done quantitative and with using of Descriptive and Inferential statistics (one- sample test, correlational, and path analysis). The findings show, With reduction of water level of Urmia Lake of study area during recent decades faced with deterioration of agriculture that is the most important part of economic and the biggest income resource. For coping with this environmental and rural economic stability crisis, the rural people did the diversification of economic activities. These occupations can improve the situation of rural families and also, relative stability of rural economic. The diversification in economic activities in study area makes the increase of non-agricultural job opportunities, the growth of employment, and the increase of motivation for improving of work and activity situation, the increase of employment rate in servicing and investing, the availability of rural people to financial services, the increase of familie's savings opportunities, public investments in various fields. However, more effect on employment and investment had less effect on production increase in village level. So as, agricultural productions have reduced because of dehydration and non-agricultural productions are not placed at appropriate level.