Analysis of the effects of handmade carpet production on the livelihood of rural households in Fasa County

Problem definition: 

At present, diversification of economic activities in rural areas has become more and more important. In the meantime, the handmade carpet industry, due to its long-standing link with the country's rural areas, should be considered as part of the rural non-farm economy in the form of a livelihood approach.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the production situation and the effects of handmade carpet production on livelihoods of rural households in this county.

This is a descriptive-analytical study. The statistical population of the study includes all carpet weaving households residing in the villages of Fasa county. In this study, to calculate the maximum number of sample households, based on the number of households living in the villages studied and using Cochran's formula, 372 sample households were calculated to complete the questionnaires, and finally household questionnaires were completed by random sampling with the help of active people in the production of handmade carpets. AHP model, statistical and spatial analysis, and Expert choice software, SPSS and ArcGIS were also used for data analysis.

According to the results of study, in villages where the skill of weaving handmade carpets is traditional, the average livelihood level of households living in them is moderate or weak and lower than other villages active in handmade carpet production. The results of Kendall's test in examining the relationship between the amount of handmade carpet production and the level of livelihood of the studied households also show that these two variables are related to each other with a correlation coefficient of -0.106. 

Innovation:

 In this study, the desirability level of livelihoods of households were determined and the distribution of villages has been considered separately from the average desirability of household livelihoods living in them.