خلاصة:
One of the most important reasons for the inefficiency of rural development programs in developing countries such as Iran is the lack of attention to local needs and capabilities, especially in the field of rural economy, and the dictating of the same program for all the villages in the country. The purpose of this study is to provide an exploratory analysis of the economic needs of rural communities based on the views of key informants. The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of the data collection and analysis. The data were obtained from questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The statistical population of the study consisted of local agents in Yazd Province including managers and the elite as well as rural households. The data analysis was done in two qualitative and quantitative sections. Content analysis method was used in the qualitative part using the MAXQUDA software, and a t-test and Friedman and W. Kendall test in the quantitative part. Based on the results in the qualitative section, 34 economic needs were identified in the form of 9 indicators. The percentage of the repetition of these indices indicates that the employment index (17.89%) is the most frequent need in the province. The results of the quantitative part of the research also show that the employment index with a statistic of 8.33 and the income index with a statistic of 7.66 are the most important needs of the rural economy in the province, which should be given a priority in development plans.
ملخص الجهاز:
The identification and prioritization of needs were carried out in two parts, quantitative and qualitative, in the research, and the results showed that based on interviews with 40 rural managers, 34 economic needs in the form of 9 indicators (employment, income, services and inputs, credit and investment, marketing of rural productions, food security, added value of products, business space and entrepreneurship, and information and communication technology) are emphasized in the region.
In the quantitative part of the research, it was determined that from the perspective of the household community, the most important needs of the rural economy of Yazd province, forming the employment index (reducing seasonal unemployment, occupational diversity in the agricultural sector, creating vocational skills, creating employment in industries, supporting the tourism industry) with a statistic of 5/60; from the perspective of the manager community, forming the income index (diversifying income, stabilizing rural income, and increasing the income of villagers) with a statistic of 5/87; and from the perspective of the elite community, forming the added value of products index (product processing, training and promotion for processing, and creating and supporting processing industries) with a statistic of 5/94.
The results of the one-sample T-test at a 99 percent confidence level show the confirmation of eight indicators (employment, income, services and institutions, credit and investment, marketing of products, food security, added value, business environment and entrepreneurship) and the non-significance of the information and communication technology indicator in the studied region in terms of statistical populations (Table 3).
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