Lisrel Analysis of Factors for Empowering Producers to Abolish Livelihood Poverty through Optimizing Agricultural Water Resources Management | Science Publications

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Iraj Malekmohammadi¹  Fatemeh Panahi¹ 

关键词: Empowering producers;    abolish poverty;    water management;    Waste water management;    rural livelihood;    agricultural water;   

DOI  :  10.3844/ajabssp.2010.7.14

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Most of the projected increase in global population will take place in third world countries that already suffer from water, food, and health problems. Irrigation in developing countries tends to be stereotyped as equity reducing, in competition with other uses for scarce water resources. Agricultural intensification through the practice of irrigation as a strategy for poverty reduction is examined. Water users were surveyed in order to explore their perception about the factors influencing the optimizing water consumption in agricultural sectors in Iran. This study looks into water-poverty interfaces as well as into approaches to and tools of, managing water in such a manner that water sector activities can contribute to alleviation of poverty. In addition, this study aims to empower water users with information on agricultural waste-water. Approach: The methodology used in this study involved a combination of descriptive and quantitative research. The total population was 350 producers in six provinces in Iran. Results: Based on the perception of the respondents and ordinal factor analysis, the factors were categorized into four group

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