بررسي ميزان مهارت كشاورزان در بكارگيري فناوري هاي مديريت آب كشاورزي در شهرستان زرين دشت، استان فارس

Farmers Water Management Skills: Zarindasht County of Fars Province

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the agricultural water management skills of farmers in Zarindasht County, Fars province. This research was a survey studies and a questionnaire was compiled for collection of data and information. Questionnaireʹs reliability was confirmed through computing Cronbachʹs alpha coefficient, which was 0.70. Face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts. Statistical population of this study was consisted of 4648 farmers; out of which 150 people were selected as sample using multi-stage sampling technique. The finding revealed that farmerʹs skills were not appropriate in the cases of "electro pomp maintenance" and "improving underground water tables". This implies, their skills on modern technologies related to agricultural water management needs to be improved. Further analysis showed that there were negative significant relationships between farmerʹs skill and water management with their age, farming experience and confronting level to the problem of water management while this variable was positively and significantly correlated with farmerʹs education level. According to ANOVA, farmers categorized based a locality, type at transferring water and perceived water shortage were significantly different in terms of their water management skills.