2018 Volume 3 Issue 2 Supplementary
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THE PRESENTATION OF SWOC STRATEGIES SOLUTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGES IN IRAN


SARHADI Milad, TAGHIZADEH HERAT Ali*
Abstract

The same way that the agriculture area is of great importance in regard of its supply of the food worldwide and, on the other hand, climatic changes intensify the water crisis, there is a need for devising strategies to mitigate such problems. In Iran, the issue has become more tangible due to the regional dryness. The climate change, mostly caused by the global warming, is a global phenomenon and it is currently being observed in Iran as the increase in the climatic abnormalities and disorders in the form of severe and abrupt rainfalls and wind-blows as well as increase in the temperature and reduction in the mountainous snow reservoirs. Global warming is an important bioenvironmental problem and the human activities and the excessive use of the fossil fuels are amongst the primary reasons giving rise to its emergence that extremely adversely influence the agricultural productions. Considering the problems encountered in the water crisis management and the climatic changes that have not only influenced Iran but also the whole world, the present study tries investigating the agricultural water management conditions in Iran in respect to the climate change using SWOC strategy analysis so as to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints extant in the water crisis management to eventually come up with strategies contributing to the improvement of water crisis management.


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