Effective Factors on Pressurized Irrigation Acceptance in Shosh, Andymeshk and Dezful Provinc

Aghapour, Mohammad; Yazdani, Saeid; Rafeei, Hamed

doi:10.22059/ijaedr.2013.50964

Effective Factors on Pressurized Irrigation Acceptance in Shosh, Andymeshk and Dezful Provinc

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Shooshtar University, Iran

² Professor of Agricultural Economic, University of Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economic, University of Tehran, Iran

10.22059/ijaedr.2013.50964

Abstract

Rejection of pressurized irrigation by farmers is the problem in the agricultural sector in the north of the Khouzestan province. As the statistics show, only five percent of the farmers used to do this type of irrigation systems. Therefore, in this study by using field study and Logit model, causes of rejecting pressurized irrigation methods in three townships Shosh. Andymeshk and Dezful have been studied. Farmer's society is divided to two groups: modern irrigation and traditional users. In the first group there is information from 51 users by using census methods and in the second group there are 173 farmers by using stochastic sampling methods in 2009-2010 cultivation seasons. Study results show that small pieces, loan getting method and ownerless land are the most important obstructive factors in use of modern irrigation systems. Having education, land ownership and bigger cultivator are Booster factors of willingness to accept. But age and number of pieces have negative impact on farmer's attitude in use of modern irrigation systems.

Keywords