Water Security and Drought on Agricultural Sector and Rural Regions in South East of Iran: Situations and Problems

Yıl 2018, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 7 - 19, 01.01.2018

Farhood Golmohammadı

Öz

There is no doubt
that drought has a major impact on farm families around the world. Drought is
the most complex of all natural hazards, and more people are affected by it
than any other hazard. There is a broad acknowledgement among policymakers that
ground water over exploitation is now a serious challenge. Globally the
agricultural sector is the biggest water user, but has as well the highest
water saving potential. Increasing water efficiency and consequently water
savings could be achieved by the applications. Water is an important resource
for human society and protection of this natural resource efficiently has become
one of the main challenges of this century. According to Iran’s geographic
information, the country is located in a semi-arid region on the earth.
Therefore, it can easily be claimed that the limitation of water resources is
one of the major factors in the agricultural development of Iran. Main
instrument for gathering information in this article was qualitative research
methods and place-based approaches that used in domain of this research during
2010 – 2017.  In this article discussing
various aspects of water security and drought on agricultural sector and rural
regions in south east of Iran and finally present solutions in this order.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Water Security, Drought, Agricultural Sector, Rural Regions, Iran

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