Identification and Prioritization of Factors Influencing Agricultural Water Price Index from Farmers’ Viewpoint in Charkhab Village, Yazd Province

نویسندگان

  • I. Islami Ph.D. student, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
  • M. Ghorbani Assistant Prof., Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
  • M. Jafari Shalamzari Ph.D. student, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
چکیده مقاله:

Arid and desert lands in terms of specific environmental characteristics such as low annual precipitation,sequential droughts, huge drop in ground water levels or the like, have always faced strict limitations in waterresources. In the shadow of these characteristics and many other factors, Water Price Index (WPI) is significantlyaffected. This study set out with the aim of identifying and determining the priority of factors influencingAgricultural Water Price Index (AWPI) in arid and desert lands from farmers' point of view. The Charkhab village inYazd province was selected for this study. Detailed field surveys using structured questionnaires were consideredwith the statistical society comprising the whole of the farmers of the village. The identification of the influentialfactors is done by means of reviewing the literatures and eliciting experts' opinions. We implicated the factorreduction and analyzing frequency distribution and CV correlation methods. Data interpretation was carried out byusing SPSS software. The results of the factor analysis method have revealed 9 important factors being accounted for92.06% of the variance. From 26 detected variables, “constructing and expanding greenhouses” are the mostinfluential factors according to the farmers’ responses. Moreover, from other cases investigated lower ranks areassigned to the role of well costs, water supply costs and agricultural input costs.

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عنوان ژورنال

دوره 17  شماره 2

صفحات  161- 167

تاریخ انتشار 2012-12-01

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