the role of social and environmental changes on the change of livelihood approach in rural communities; Case study: Rural area of Malekshahi county

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1 Department of Sociology,Institute for Humanities and Social Studies. ACECR, Tehran. Iran.

2 Department of Family Studies,Institute for Humanities and Social Studies. ACECR, Tehran. Iran.

3 Department of History and Sociology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

4 Department of Sociology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

10.22059/ijaedr.2024.370777.669284

Abstract

Livelihood in rural communities is closely related to social context and environmental conditions. Any change in society's attitude towards life and environmental conditions can lead to a change in lifestyle and way of providing livelihood of rural communities. The purpose of this article is study the role of social changes and environmental conditions on the approach of providing livelihood in the villages of Malekshahi. The research method is qualitative research and the strategy used is based on theory. The data collection method is semi-structured interview and the sampling method is purposive sampling. The number of informants is 34 and the required information has been collected and completed during the years 2019 to 2021.The findings showed that social changes such as lifestyle, quality of life, change in attitude towards life, the attractiveness of urban lifestyle, the future priority of children and the need for their education, the spread of insecurity and environmental changes such as drought, lack of water resources, poor quality Land for agriculture as the reasons for changing the livelihood approach; The uneconomical nature of traditional activities due to reasons such as the lack of suitable infrastructure, the commonality of agricultural land and the inability to market as background conditions and finally low productivity, the increase in cattle smuggling to Iraq and theft and insecurity as intervention conditions. They have been effective in changing the rural livelihood system in the villages of Malekshahi. The results showed that social cultural changes and environmental changes played a central role in changing livelihoods and ways of living. These factors have caused significant changes in the field of employment and livelihood of the people of the region. The drastic reduction of traditional animal husbandry, the formation of semi-commercial animal husbandry, migration, the desire to work in the administrative sector, the spread of horticulture, the construction of garden houses in villages has become popular, which tries to reduce its dependence on the environment in order to reduce its effects by controlling environmental conditions.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

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Available Online from 16 November 2024

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