The economic impact of dust on the income of farmers in Nimroz city

Recent droughts and the drying up of Lake Hamoon along with the 120-day winds in Sistan have caused dust storms in the city of Nimroz, farmers faced with income and livelihood problems. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the economic effects of dust on the income of farmers in Nimroz city using order logit model and time section data of 203 farmers in 2020. The results show that dust has had a positive and significant effect on the variables of agricultural production, quality of agricultural products, quantity of water required and reduction of regional pastures and consequently reduction of farmers' income that's mean dust with a decrease of one unit per one of the variables of agricultural production, quality of agricultural products, quantity of water required and reduction of regional pastures and other variables are constant, probably lead to a decrease in farmers' incomes by 0.016, 0.014, 0.062 and 0.11, respectively. In other words, with the increase of dust and decrease of each of the above variables, the income situation of farmers in Nimroz city has worsened. While on the dust on the variables of land quality and fertility, investment in agriculture and health costs and consequently reduce farmers' incomes have not had a significant effect. In this regard, it is suggested that crops to be cultivated in Nimroz city that require less water in production and also dust has the least impact on production and product quality.