Investigating the Economic Developments of Nomad Settlement (Case Study: Nikshahr County)

Introduction The purpose of the present study; investigating the economic developments of nomad settlement(Case study:Nikshahr county).Methodology This research is applied in terms of purpose and based on descriptive-analytical nature.Nikshahr County, based on available sampling, the number of 130 people was determined in two sections (settled and unsettled). Finally, in order to analyze the data,SPSS software and Post Hoc and Tukey HSD tests were used.Geographical area of research This research has been investigated in the nomadic territory of Nikshahr county.Results and discussion The results of the t-test of correlated groups showed that the mean of the economic items: (handicrafts production, rope production, dairy production, protein production, protein sales, tendency to animal husbandry, sale of medicinal plants, cost of animal treatment) In the settled group of nomads, it is much less than the unsettled group of nomads and in the items (employment of individuals, household income, savings, ownership of agricultural land and housing, agricultural income, children's education expenses, medical expenses of individuals, cost of amenities, housing expenses, food purchase expenses, light and heavy vehicle expenses, agricultural machinery and finally industrial activity),Their average in settled groups is higher than unsettled groups. Further, the regression results showed that 95% of the changes in the dependent variable (economic developments) were explained by the independent variable (sedentary). Also, the results of the path analysis also showed that the income index with the value of direct effect of 0.059 and indirect effect of 0.134,has the highest effect from settlement. Finally, the results showed that, among the clans of Nikshahr county:Chakarzehi clan with an average value of 3.78 have the highest amount of economic developments in relation to settlement.Conclusion The economic situation of settled households is very different from that of non-settled households. In fact, settlement has created many economic developments for nomadic households.