Agricultural water poverty: Using Q-methodology to understand stakeholders' perceptions |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Khuzestan Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University, Mollasani 63417-73637, Ahwaz, Iran;2. Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71441-65186, Iran;1. Systems Ecology & Resource Management Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium;2. Laboratory of Plant Biology and Nature Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB, Brussels, Belgium;3. Mangrove Research Unit (MARU), Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu – UMT, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia;4. Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany;1. Trees for the Future, USA;2. University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA;3. University of Maryland College Park, USA;4. University of Maryland Extension, USA;1. Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Canada;2. School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Australia;1. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, the Netherlands;3. Department of Human Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this Q methodology study was to identify perceptions of farmers and agricultural specialists toward agricultural water poverty concept and its causes in Marvdasht County, Iran. Seventy five participants completed the Q sort procedure. Data analysis identified seven types of perceptions toward agricultural water poverty: Management-adherents, Adaptive-adherents, Fatalists, Support-seekers, Farmer blamer Pessimists, Technocratic Realists and Optimists. The first four types of perceptions were dominated by farmers and the last three by agricultural specialists. These different perspectives indicated that various individuals think differently about the nature, causes, effects and permanency of agricultural water poverty. Understanding the multiple meaning systems of agricultural water poverty for decision and policy makers will be critical as they may provide the basis for the development of more appropriate strategies to mitigate water poverty in agricultural sector. |
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| Keywords: | Agricultural water management Iran Water scarcity |
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