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Factors influencing farmers’ management behaviors toward coping with drought: evidence from Iran

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  • Moslem Savari
  • Hamed Eskandari Damaneh
  • Hadi Eskandari Damaneh

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In recent years, drought has had detrimental impacts on agricultural activities in Iran, so it is of crucial importance to employ drought-coping strategies. As such, the main idea of this research was to discover the factors affecting the use of preventive behaviors by farmers to cope with drought. This research can deepen agricultural decision-makers’ understanding of the use of drought management behaviors. The health belief model (HBM) was used as the theoretical framework for the study. The statistical sample was composed of 410 rainfed farms in Kerman province, Southeastern Iran, taken using the multi-stage technique with proportional allocation. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the variables of cues to action, self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived benefits had the most significant impact on the adoption of drought-coping behaviors by farmers, mentioned in order of importance. Practically, the research provides a rationale for the use of HBM, and its results provide important policies to help decision-makers to sustain farmers’ livelihoods.

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  • Moslem Savari & Hamed Eskandari Damaneh & Hadi Eskandari Damaneh, 2021. "Factors influencing farmers’ management behaviors toward coping with drought: evidence from Iran," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(11), pages 2021-2046, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:64:y:2021:i:11:p:2021-2046
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1855128
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    1. Masoud Yazdanpanah & Kurt Klein & Tahereh Zobeidi & Stefan Sieber & Katharina Löhr, 2022. "Why Have Economic Incentives Failed to Convince Farmers to Adopt Drip Irrigation in Southwestern Iran?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-15, February.
    2. Hadi Eskandari Damaneh & Hassan Khosravi & Khalil Habashi & Hamed Eskandari Damaneh & John P. Tiefenbacher, 2022. "The impact of land use and land cover changes on soil erosion in western Iran," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 110(3), pages 2185-2205, February.
    3. Zobeidi, Tahereh & Komendantova, Nadejda & Yazdanpanah, Masoud, 2022. "Social media as a driver of the use of renewable energy: The perceptions of instagram users in Iran," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    4. Zobeidi, Tahereh & Yaghoubi, Jafar & Yazdanpanah, Masoud, 2022. "Farmers’ incremental adaptation to water scarcity: An application of the model of private proactive adaptation to climate change (MPPACC)," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 264(C).

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