Assessment of Resilience of Pistachio Agroecosystems in Rafsanjan Plain in Iran
| Autor: | Hadi Veisi, Kours Khoshbakht, Houman Liaghati, Fatemeh Darijani, Mohammad Reza Nazari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Agroecosystem pistachio orchard Maximum sustainable yield Geography Planning and Development Water source TJ807-830 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Grassroots Agricultural science regulation sources GE1-350 resilience 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 010601 ecology Water resources Environmental sciences Geography Exchange of information Sustainability behavior-based indicators Soil fertility |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 6, p 1656 (2019) Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 6 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | This study assessed the resilience of pistachio production systems in the Rafsanjan plain in Iran using an index of behavior-based indicators. One-hundred fifty pistachio orchards located in five major production areas were studied in 2016. The data was subjected to three-step multi-criteria analysis, including (i) normalization and aggregation (ii) determination of the weights representing the priorities for each criterion and evaluation of the performance of each indicator and (iii) comparison. The results showed that the study areas had problematic statuses regarding the indicators of membership in grassroots organizations, innate abilities, water sources, production stability, and insurance. They had critical or moderate statuses concerning the indicators of use of organic fertilizers, use of pesticides, soil fertility index, water-use efficiency (kg/m3), trust in government, access to advisor services (extension), on-the-job training, and diversity of marketing. They had positive levels for the indicators of productivity, diversity of cultivars, diversity of on-farm practices, and exchange of information. We recommend the enhancement of the transformability capacity in PPSs by changing the focus from optimal states and the determinants of maximum sustainable yield (MSY paradigm) to adaptive resource management that includes developing participatory platforms for collaboration of usage of water resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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