Evaluation of livelihood resilience of agroforestry system users in Paveh city in the face ‎of drought

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Authors

1 M.Sc of Agricultural Extension and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, I. ‎R. Iran

2 Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi ‎University, Kermanshah, I. R. Iran

3 Assistant professor, Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, ‎Kermanshah, I. R. Iran

Abstract

The goal of this descriptive-survey study is to examine the situation and categorize the level of livelihood resilience of agroforestry system users in Paveh city in the face of drought. The statistical population of agricultural grove system stakeholders in Paveh city was 270 persons, of whom 156 were chosen using the stratified sampling method. A questionnaire created by the researcher was used to collect information. The data was coded in SPSS software and examined in four dimensions of vulnerability, learning capacity, self-organization, and diversity utilizing human, social, financial, physical, and natural capital. Finally, this community was shown to be more resilient than normal. The Kruskal-Wallis test was performed to assess the difference in average resilience among plantation grove subsystems. The results revealed that the gardener-pasture-farmer subsystem had a greater average resilience than the other two subsystems. The findings of this study may be of interest to the Agricultural Jihad Organization and the Environmental Organization in order to promote agroforestry systems and develop the components influencing resilience levels in order to support sustainability and boost livelihood resilience.

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Forest Research and Development
Volume 9, Issue 1
June 2023
Pages 29-45

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