Investigating the causes of agricultural land fragmentation and its effects on wheat yield in Saqez (Case study: Ziviyeh area)

Aminpour, Davood; Yazdani, Saeid

doi:10.22059/ijaedr.2021.312592.668967

Investigating the causes of agricultural land fragmentation and its effects on wheat yield in Saqez (Case study: Ziviyeh area)

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

davood Aminpour ¹

Saeid Yazdani ²

¹ Davood Aminpour / Department of Agricultural Economics - Agricultural Policy and Development / Faculty of Agriculture / Payame Noor University of East Tehran / Tehran / Iran

² Saeed Yazdani / Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources / University of Tehran / Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources / Agriculture / Tehran / Iran

10.22059/ijaedr.2021.312592.668967

Abstract

The fragmentation and dispersal of agricultural lands in many countries of the world is a major obstacle to modern agriculture. The present study investigates the factors affecting the creep of agricultural lands and its effects on yield, cost and income of the main crop of wheat (rainfed) for autumn 2018 in Zivieh region located in Saqez city. 108 farmers were selected as a sample using stratified random sampling method. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, factor analysis and correlation analysis were used. The studied variables were divided into four groups: socio-cultural, economic, agricultural and physical-natural using factor analysis. Then their effects on land dispersion were investigated using correlation analysis. The results obtained from correlation analysis show a significant and positive relationship between age, agricultural experience, number of farmer family workforce, number of farmer sons and daughters, production cost, wheat seed consumption, number of parts, number of crops, duration Plowing time per hectare is the amount of sloping land and the type of water source with land fragmentation. The results also indicate a significant negative relationship between land dispersion with the amount of investment, annual agricultural income, crop yield, distance from the main spring and distance from the village center.

Keywords

Land fragmentation

Zivieh area

Factor analysis

Correlation analysis