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Neda Alizadeh; Hamid Reza Vojdani; Alireza Nikoee
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Many problems are encountered in the implementation of new irrigation systems with government subsidy, and the issuance of licenses is not an exception to this rule. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to identify optimal solutions for the process of issuing permits for the implementation of ...
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Many problems are encountered in the implementation of new irrigation systems with government subsidy, and the issuance of licenses is not an exception to this rule. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to identify optimal solutions for the process of issuing permits for the implementation of these systems. The statistical population of the research consisted of the applicants who registered their application in the five selected provinces of Hamedan, Fars, Zanjan, Khorasan-Razavi, and Kermanshah during 2019-2021 (N1=150) and the corresponding experts working on licensing new irrigation systems (N2=100). The research method was focus group and in-depth structured interviews. According to the results, the most important problems in the licensing process included: failure to perform work in a suitable and integrated system, the differences in the process of carrying out the project in different provinces, lack of familiarity and insufficient initial justification for the applicants, strictness and delay in determining the assignment of inquiries, and existence of some redundant and eliminable steps during the process. Based on this, the most important proposed solutions are: carrying out all process steps in a smart and integrated system, providing consultation to the applicant at the stage of filing and justification by reviewing the applicant's documents and facilities, removing unnecessary items in the process, paying the subsidy dynamically, applying an intelligent monitoring system with active feedback for all stages and all actors in the plan, and determining the time frame for each action. Within the system, the most important authorities to solve these problems are the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad and Agricultural Jihad Organizations of the provinces; and the external responsible authorities are mainly Plan and Budget Organization, banks, and the agricultural engineering system.
hasan alipoor; Neda Alizadeh
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the mechanisms affecting conservation agriculture in order to optimize the management of agricultural water in irrigated wheat fields of Kermanshah province. A qualitative and quantitative research method was applied in order to identify the mechanisms affecting ...
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The purpose of this research was to analyze the mechanisms affecting conservation agriculture in order to optimize the management of agricultural water in irrigated wheat fields of Kermanshah province. A qualitative and quantitative research method was applied in order to identify the mechanisms affecting conservation agriculture. In the qualitative section, 45 influencing mechanisms were identified by using content analysis method. In the quantitative part, factor analysis was used and the identified mechanisms in the qualitative section were categorized. Target population of this research consisted of 2000 wheat farmers in Kermanshah province, among whom 322 people were selected by simple random sampling method. The data were collected and analyzed by using a questionnaire, whose face and constant validity was evaluated by the faculty members and experts; and its validity was obtained as 0.89. The results of the analysis of the mechanisms led to the identification of eight effective factors in conservation agriculture and water resources management. The factors were supportive factors, educational and extension factors, provision of infrastructure, national and local culture, policy and planning, institutional factors, research and development, and monitoring and evaluation, respectively. These factors were able to explain about 84% of the variance of the total mechanisms of conservation agriculture for optimal agricultural water management.