Analysis of Effective Key Drivers of Rural-Urban Linkages in Food Security with a Future Research Approach (Case Study: Peri-urban Villages of Dehdasht)

Authors

• Aliakbar Anabestani
• Soroush Sanaei Moghadam
• Bijan Rahmani

Shahid Beheshti University

10.30495/jzpm.2024.33651.4349

Abstract

Nowadays, the changes in food consumption patterns due to the growth of urbanization, increase in per capita consumption, economic growth and changes in the consumption market from local to global trade necessitate the increasing importance of achieving food security for different countries, especially developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this research is to It seeks the key factors and the main drivers affecting the rural-urban linkages in the food security of the rural areas of Dehdasht. The research method is based on the purpose of the applied type and based on the nature, it is descriptive-analytical with a future research approach. The method of collecting information was document (library, scientific journals) and field (questionnaire) method. In order to extract the key drivers of the questionnaire in four dimensions including economic, socio-cultural, informational and infrastructural-institutional links affecting food security, it was prepared and distributed among the members of the sample community and completed. The sample community of this research consists of 25 experts and specialists. The opinions of university professors were used for validation, validity and reliability of the questionnaire. In order to analyze the data and structural analysis of the influence of each of the effective indicators on food security, software (MICMAC) has been used. The findings of the research have shown that among the 76 factors examined in four dimensions, 16 key factors include economic links (increasing public and private investment with direct impact (41), providing services, facilities and inputs (40), improving investment in tool production ( 40) and diversifying the income sources of rural households (38), socio-cultural (reception of rural managers from the planning model (48), participation of stakeholders, especially elites, investors (41), acceptance of a change in attitude (40) and a sense of social justice ( 38), information (sharing information and communication between buyers and sellers (43), informing agricultural products and tourist attractions (42) and using information to provide a suitable crop cultivation model (41)) etc. were identified as key drivers; it is expected that Dehdasht city can take steps towards the food security of rural areas in the form of urban-rural linkges.

Keywords

• Rural-urban linkages
• Food security
• Future studies
• Dehdasht city

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