Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Investigating The Effect of C Settlement on Livelihood Resilience of Nomadic Families in Fasa City

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Fatemeh Nasrnia
Zeinab Shokoohi
Assistant Professor of Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
10.22059/ijaedr.2021.328863.669075
Abstract
Nomadic settlement is one of the policies that dates back to the years before the revolution and its implementation has always faced -challenges. Although nomadic settlement can make these households better able to benefit from some services, since the main occupation of them, is animal husbandry, how the livelihood of these households will be affected by this decision has always been questionable. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of housing on livelihood resilience of nomadic families. For this purpose, the required information was prepared by completing 287 questionnaires in Fasa city and their livelihood resilience was calculated. Then, the effect of housing on household resilience index was investigated using endogenous switching regression method. The results show that the settlement of nomadic households will reduce their livelihood resilience by 13.75%. Consequently, it is suggested that in case of encouraging and supporting nomadic settlement, paying attention to creating a sustainable livelihood for these households should be given priority. It is also suggested that the interests of nomadic households be supported by the sustainable development of nomadic areas and by using policies such as diversification of the subsistence model.
Keywords
Livelihood resilience
Nomadic settlement
Endogenous switching regression
livelihood pattern
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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 53, Issue 3
Winter 2022
Pages 773-785