Economic and Social Impacts of Pressurized Irrigation in Rural Areas from Farmers' Point of View Case Study: Baharan District in Gorgan County

The significant reduction of water reserves in the country in recent years is the necessity of more attention to the methods of optimal water consumption and modification of irrigation practices. The aim of this study was to investigate the economic and social impacts of pressurized irrigation in agricultural development and rural areas of Baharan district of Gorgan City. This is an applied research in terms of descriptive – analytic and field method, which was conducted by survey method. The statistical population consisted of a number of modern and traditional farmers in the Baharan district of Gorgan City who were selected using the Cochran formula of 330 people as sample, from which 200 of the traditional farmers and 130 of modern farmers were randomly studied. The main instrument of this research is a questionnaire whose reliability was obtained through a 30-way questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (73.0). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS soft ware. To compare and measure variables, independent T-Test, Friedman and Mann-tests were used, and the results of the research indicate that modern irrigation in most economic components up to 99% confidence level is effective and also improves social indicators such as reduced migration, increased motivation Farmers and...