Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Investigating the Role of Imam Khomeini Rescue Committee Policies in Social Empowerment of Rural Under-Owned Households Case Study: Central District of Guilan Province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Alireza Mohammadi 1
Timur Amar 2
Nasrallah Mullah Hashjin 3
1 Ph.D. Student. In Geography & Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Geography & Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
3 Professor of Geography & Rural Planning, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
10.22059/ijaedr.2019.275809.668721
Abstract
Empowerment of rural households is one of the main issues in developing countries such as Iran. The main objective of this study is the issue of social empowerment of rural households covered by the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation in relation to the implementing policies of this institution. The central region of Guilan province was selected as the spatial realm of this stydy. Six cities in the central region of Guilan had a total of 53381 grant recipients. According to Kerjesi Morgan's table, the sample size in the current study will be 382 grant recipients. This sample size was distributed according to the relative share of grant recipients in each of the studied cities. Finally, 345 complete and error-free questionnaires were gathered. The findings showed that the psychological level of grant recipients with an average score of 3.03 was better than other social empowerment indicators. Finally, the average score for social empowerment of rural households covered by Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation in the central region of Guilan is 2. 59. Also, the finging showed that rural grant recipients in the central region of Guilan province had the most satisfaction from the policy of directing credits arising from targeting subsidies with an average score of 2.46 and had the least satisfaction from the policy of paying Qarz Al-Hasaneh minor credits with an average score of 2.4%. Pearson correlation coefficient's results indicated that three variables, such as participation level of clients, welfare and quality of life, and literacy and education of grant recipients had a significant relationship with all policies. On the other hand, the psychological variable of grant recipients was found to be significant only with the policy of payingQarz Al-Hasaneh minor credits. Finally, the study of the correlation between the social empowerment variable and the quadratic policies indicate that this issue is related to all four studied policies.
Keywords
Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation
Rural Development
Empowerment
Social Empowerment
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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 50, Issue 3
Summer 2019
Pages 577-593