N. Loveimi, M. Almassi,
Volume 7, Issue 2 (7-2003)
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate mechanization quality and quantity for improvement purposes. Northern Ahwaz including five districts with a total area of 286,800 hectares was selected for evaluation. The current potentials for scientific mechanization and suitable production methods in the study area were identified within the framework of a field study. In addition to a holistic study of the area and the qualitative and quantitative factors, a plain with an area of 1,100 hectares was selected for a more concentrated and specific analysis of the results. Some of the factors uniquely investigated in the study area were not able to be studied in other parts of the region.
The evaluation suggests that the level of mechanization in the region is 1.1 horse power/ha, which, despite its general desirability, is low for many farming technologies in the region such that most farmers use tractors for many farming activities like plowing and furrowing. In other words, the quality of mechanization in the region (worker skills, machinery management, support services, etc.) in terms of the evaluated parameters such as lower rates of tractor efficiency (40%), steep fall in reaping wheat by combine harvesters (9.4%), and a failure in farmers’ machinery training is undesirably low, far from the mechanization level in the region.
The results indicate that to increase machinery efficiency, in addition to training of farmers, efforts must be addressed at providing support services. To promote the suitable technology and the level of mechanization, appropriate technologies must be identified and the required machinery and equipment should be supplied under the supervision of research and extension centers. However, regarding the low level of innovation and also low acceptance of new technologies by local farmers, it is suggested that in addition to training and extension services, typical farms must be used and mechanization service companies should be encouraged and supported in the region to supply the technologies and machinery.
A. Norouzi, M. Ansari, M. Moazami, N. Asgharipour Dasht Bozorg,
Volume 23, Issue 3 (12-2019)
Abstract
In recent decades, land use changes have been one of the most important environmental issues worldwide. This study was carried out to investigate and analyse land use changes in dust sources of south and south-east Ahwaz and surrounding lands using remote sensing technique. Firstly, based on the standard precipitation index (SPI), the years 1986, 2002 and 2016 were selected as years with near normal situation. In the next step, land use maps of the study area were extracted using a Landsat satellite images and supervised classification methods. MNDWI index was used to increase the accuracy of image classification. In order to evaluate the efficiency of each method, the overall accuracy and kappa coefficient were used. Finally, to investigate land use change a post-classification comparison method was employed. According to research findings, in the first period (1986-2002), the area of vegetation, wet land with vegetation and water bodies have increased by 419%, 219% and 40.7%, respectively, in contrast, the area of barren and poor range has reduced by 36.6%. One of the major causes of these changes is human factors such as population growth and climate variables such as proper amounts of precipitation. In the second period (2002-2016), the area of wet land with vegetation, water bodies and vegetation has been decreased by 94%, 49.3% and 46.7%, respectively; in contrast, barren and poor range land has been increased by 45.4%. Recent droughts increase the temperature and incorrect and non-principled management of water resources has been effective in reducing green cover and water bodies and increasing in bare land. The results show that, during the three decades, built-up land has been increased by 157%, while River bed has decreased by 28.8%. These results indicate a total degradation in the region due to climate change and human activities.
