Comparing of Drought Economic Impacts in Rural areas (Case Study: Sirvan and Chardavol townships in Ilam province – Iran)

The paper explores drought in 2006 t0 2012 and the aim of the study was comparing of drought economic impacts in rural areas in Sirvan and Chardavol townships. The population of the research were all heads of household in villages of Sirvan and Chardavol townships (N=15087). The Cochran formula was used for determining of sample research and were selected 375 heads of household (Of which selected 287 and 88 people from chardavol and sirvan township respectively) using the multi–stage stratified random sampling. To collect data, we used from questionnaire in this paper. Some experts including Isfahan University professors and the agricultural specialists of the agricultural organization of Ilam province tested the validity of questionnaire and the reliability of the economic impacts was obtained by performing a pre-test and calculating Cronbach's alpha (α= 0.862). In order to analysis of comparing the economic impacts of drought in rural area of tow townships, the Mann-Whitney Test was introduced as the most appropriate test. Results showd that in general, recent droughts have the same economic effects in both townships Sirvan and Chrdavl. Thus tow townships were similar to in case of negative changes in economic structure

Drought, Economic Index, Economic Impacts, Sirvan and Chardavol Townships, Mann-Whitney Test