Confronting drought crisis by agricultural water management through rural communities empowerment

Today, drought and the lake of water is one of the most serious issues in Iran. It is obvious that living and producing agricultural crops is extremely depended on water, while shortage of sweet water resources can cause awful problems for our country. In this way, water management is the most important matter in this difficult situation as aserious crisis. In this study, we tried to empower rural women to culture agricultural crops with more quantity and higher quality by fertilizers and water management. For this aim, we taught rural women to produce a special organic fertilizer which can decrease water usage, while the crops which grow have better quality comparing those which are produced with chemical fertilizers. In this project, a rural women community(in Ghare Ghobad village – Qazvin, Iran) was firstly selected and empowered to produce organic fertilizer from garbage, animal manure and agricultural waste materials. They also learned how to produce organic crops. The results showed that this community withthe minimum amount of irrigation decreased their agricultural risks and costs and gained more money.

کلیدواژه ها:

water management ، rural women empowerment ، organic fertilizer ، Iran