Identify and analyze the factors affecting the carpet industry downturn in rural areas (Case Study: Turkmen carpets - Gonbad-e Qabus Township)

Handmade carpet as biggest and most original handicraft in Iran, in terms of employment speially in rural areas as well as in terms of non-oil exports has an important place and a significant proportion of GDP accounted for this. Research shows that the industry has faced significant challenges in recent years. Turkmen handmade carpet with outstanding dimensions and values of economic, social and cultural, production and supply dehumidified, but from the before years producing has taken a downward trend. On the basis this study is to identify and analyze the causes of depression in carpet industry in 10 Villages of Gonbad-e Qabus Township. Studied areas are in Sultan Ali, Fajr, Agh Abad and Baghli Marama sub-districts in Gonbad-e Qabus. Research methodology is combined and Extractive. First, using semi-structured interviews the causes of carpet depression from the perspective of industry experts in the study area using a coding method were analyzed which shows that the main reason of carpet weaving depression in 10 villages. Then the results of this part of the research, was basis of design the questionnaire. Questionnaire designed within the Likert scale framework, rural women 'views in relation to the causes of handmade carpet industry downturn was identified. T test and Hierarchical clustering analysis was used for analyzing questionnaire data. The view of respondents, shows that the Intra- group "lack of supportive government policies for carpet" and "weak economic aspects of rural development planning", respectively, have the greatest impact on the industry, and "lack of creativity and innovation in the field of design, color, map and quality of raw materials" and "technological backwardness in the production of carpethaveleast impact on the study villages.