Assessment of the effects of sustainable agriculture on water and soil resources (Case study: Homil District of Islamabad Gharb County)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• ashkan shafiee ¹
• Aeizh Azmi ²

¹ Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Planning and Environmental Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

² Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

10.30495/jae.2023.31328.2367

Abstract

The results of the research showed that 6 factors explain 69% of the variance of sustainable agriculture indicators, and awareness of natural resources, sense of responsibility for preserving the natural resources of the village, popular organizations in preserving natural resources, the quantity and quality of drinking water with a specific value of 4.504 and the variance explanation percentage of 16.085 are the most important factors in the evaluation of sustainable agriculture. In terms of water and soil resource protection indicators, variables of job satisfaction, acceptable income status, side incomes, income class gap and replacement of other resources in case of drought have a specific value of 8.547 and its variance explanation is 28.580. The regression results show that there is a significant relationship between sustainable rural development indicators and resource protection. With a beta coefficient of 798, the economic dimension has the greatest impact. Also, the correlation level of the studied factors with resource protection was positive and high. Based on cluster analysis and independent T, most of the villages are in poor conditions.

Keywords

• sustainable agriculture
• soil erosion
• economic and social factors
• environmental health

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