Evaluation of Droughts Risk Management Role in Reducing Economic Vulnerability of Rural Farmers (Case Study: Kangoor Rural Districts of Kalaleh City)

Droughts is a phenomenon that occurs in any kind of weather In fact droughts is the most dangerous natural disaster that is affect a wide range of climates and ecosystems, which the most important impact could be in rural areas and the economic situation of rural farmers, among these risk management can reduce the damage caused by this natural phenomenon in rural areas, The purpose of the present study was investigate the role of droughts risk management in reducing the vulnerability of the economy of rural farmers In Kangoor Rural districts in the city of Kalaleh for that Purpose have been used the descriptive - analytic method and field scrolling. The study population in the present study is the whole Kangoor village which is using Cochran method is selected 86 and questionnaires were distributed by simple randomization between them. The obtained results of the analysis of SPSS software and chi-square test is indicated that the implementation of some aspects of drought risk management, including technical irrigation (Pressure irrigation, drip irrigation...) and the use of resistant species against drought with a significant coefficient 1%. Also implementation of drought risk management in the study area could improve the economic situation of farmers in some areas, such as the diversification of rural products, maintaining rural meadows, agricultural economic stability and poverty reduction in the rural vulnerable groups.

Author(s): Jafar Mirkatouli, Zeynab Zangiabadi and Hosein Mosazadeh

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