مخاطرات محیط طبیعی (Sep 2022)

Assessing the Vulnerability of Drought Beneficiaries and Analyzing the Components Explaining Drought Crisis Management (Case Study: Sistan and Baluchestan Province)

  • Zahra Khoshnodifar,
  • Mastaneh Ghonji,
  • Mojtaba Sookhtanlou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22111/jneh.2022.38050.1783
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 33
pp. 135 – 154

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The purpose of this research was carried out to assessing the vulnerability of drought beneficiaries and investigating and analyzing the components of drought crisis management in Sistan and Baluchestan province from expert’s viewpoints of the Jihad-Agricultural Organization. The method used in this research is descriptive-non-experimental. All experts of the Agricultural Extension and Education Unit of the Jihad Agricultural Organization of the province formed the statistical population of this study, a sample of which was selected and studied based on Morgan table and simple random sampling method (n = 72). The list of primary indicators (10 main indicators) in the research was determined by Delphi method (consensus of regional experts). Me-Bar & Valdez formula and SPSS software were used to assess the vulnerability and explain the components of drought crisis management. Findings showed that among the studied vulnerability indicators, economic, social and technical indicators were introduced as the most important vulnerability indicators in the drought period, which in general, the highest total vulnerability in drought conditions was related to technical vulnerability indicators. Findings showed that among the studied vulnerability indicators, economic, social and technical indicators were introduced as the most important vulnerability indicators in the drought period, which in general, the highest total vulnerability in drought conditions was related to technical vulnerability indicators. Also in the field of exploratory factor analysis indicated that the most important drought proponent components from viewpoint of agricultural experts are the components of agricultural management, ordering of augury system and communion, infrastructures development, water resources management, financial support, status of manual (integral policy), patronage of local convention and training and extension. These factors could explain 55.03% of the variation in drought management.

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