Analysis of economic and social effects of ruby grapes in rural households of Sistan

Document Type : Original Research

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1 MSc. Student of Geography and Rural Planning, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

2 2- Assistant Prof. of Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

3 Associate professor of geography and rural planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Zabol, Iran

10.22048/rdsj.2025.441244.2164
Abstract
Grapes have a special place among the agricultural products of rural households in Sistan due to their important role in the economy of rural households. The Yaqouti grape of Sistan region is welcomed by consumers due to its early maturity and early maturity and has a suitable economic return for rural households in Sistan region. This research aims to analyze the economic and social effects of this product on the villages of Sistan in 1402. This research is based on a combination of descriptive-analytical methods and based on library, documentary and field studies, in which the statistical population of this research is rural households in the region, and based on Cochran and correction formulas, 347 household heads were selected as a random stratified sample size. Arc GIS, SPSS and ARAS model software and Friedman, Kendall and Mann-Whitney statistical tests were used to analyze the data. The results of the ARAS model in examining the severity of the economic and social impacts of Yaqoti grapes on the studied households show that the economic impacts in 16.6% of the households and the social impacts in 71.4% of the households are at a high or very high impact level. Also, based on the test results, the income generation component with an average of 0.023 and the social welfare component with an average of 0.031 respectively have the highest economic and social impacts among the various impacts in each dimension. Based on the results, providing facilities and infrastructure for access to sustainable water resources and its transfer to the villages and gardens of the Sistan region is recommended to remove the existing limitations.

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