Investigation the role of socio-economic issues in the development of the desert Watersheds (Case study: Yazdanabad watershed, Kerman Province (

Abstract

Socio-economic issues in watersheds around the world have become one of the most important issues in watersheds. In this research, first the sub-basins of Yazdanabad watershed were identified and then the socio-economic issues of Yazdanabad watershed were investigated and the gross revenues of the studied watershed and expenses and the net profits production of the watershed were determined. Consequently, the gross revenues of the watershed productions, as well as costs and net profit of the watershed productions were determined. Then, net revenue of production and household resources in Yazdanabad watershed was obtained in the Conventional Zone and the method and mechanism of practical solutions were proposed to solve the problems of Yazdanabad watershed. Considering that the existing agricultural exploitation systems are traditional in the studied area, it will lead to a series of problems that cause erosion, water shortage, income shortage and migration in the watershed.According to the economic studies done on the sources of production and income and according to the results the cost-benefit ratio of different sources of production in Yazdanabad watershed is 0.55 which is a low figure. Practical solutions for solving the problems of Yazdanabad watershed include establishment of watershed cooperatives, holding training classes, construction of semi-industrial livestock, construction of livestock health house, construction of tourism infrastructure and programs for cultivation and operation of medicinal plants are suggested. The results showed that in Yazdanabad watershed, the most common systems are related to the rural-nomadsand the lowest type of common systems is related to rural.

Keywords

• keywords: socio-economic issues
• erosion
• damage
• yazdanabad watershed