Effect of Livelihood Assets on Farmer Participation in Agricultural Water Resources Management (WUAs in Lorestan Province)

The main goal of this research was to investigate the effect of livelihood assets on farmers' participation in WUAs of Lorestan province. This is an applied research. The statistical population of this research was all farmers of WUAs members of Lorestan province (N = 1978) and sample size using Cochran formula 265 people were estimated. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Questions related to the participation of farmers in WUAs and to the Livelihoods assets of farmers based on the model of Department for International Development (DFID). The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the panel of experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha the data processed by SPSS23 software by using multiple regression, correlation and one way ANOVA. The results showed that these livelihood assets can explained 70.7 percent of the variance of the participatory variable. The most effective variable in predicting farmer participation rate was human capital. It was also revealed that farmers who have had less livelihoods assets, they also had a lower level of participation.