Factors Affecting the Rural Participation in the Plan of Laying Agricultural Lands Farrow to Restore Jazmoryan Wetland of Iran

This study aimed at investigating the economic and social viewpoints of farmers in Jiroft county of Iran about the proposed plan for restoration of Jazmoryan wetland. After completing 243 questionnaires in 2014 with estimates of Heckman's two-step model, the collected data were analyzed. The results showed that the variables of acreage, age, gender, education level, income level and morality significantly affected the farmer's willingness to participate while the amount of compensation offered by the farmers, regardless of culture, was significantly affected by the variables of acreage, gender, education level, household members, location of residence, income level, morality and inverted Mills ratio; in addition, some 45 percent of the farmers surveyed disagreed to the plan. Finally, it was suggested that the government would definitely need to increase the participation of farmers through policy actions while implementing the plan.