ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Clim.
Sec. Climate Adaptation
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1504005
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovation Irrigation Management to Improve Water Use EfficiencyView all articles
Analysis of Interrelationships between the Management of Agricultural Water Consumption Optimization Constructs based on Smart Climate Agriculture: Application of Structural Analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- 2Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran., Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Islamic Azad University of Garmsar, Garmsar, Iran
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Considering that the behavior of farmers regarding the use of agricultural technologies of smart climate is measured according to the socio-economic conditions of the same place, in this study, the Constituent components of the optimal management of agricultural water consumption in Pakdasht City, Iran were identified. In this study to analyze the data using AMOS20, SEM structural equation modeling was used to investigate the linear relationships between latent and explicit variables. The results showed that the hidden variables of educational and economic, technical and economic, and cultural and economic have a significant relationship with each other.Variables of financial support of official institutions to greenhouse owners for preparation and installation of new irrigation systems, financial facilities provided by Agriculture Bank for greenhouse development, financial support for research and development in optimal water management, and providing financial support packages to smart technology adopters optimal management of water consumption for greenhouse owners that affect the economic dimension.The variables of being able to attract the support of local leaders in the field of optimal water management, capacity building, and empowerment of local communities, especially young people in the field of optimal water management, forming cooperative groups consisting of users of new irrigation methods to facilitate interactions between greenhouse owners.
Keywords: Management of agricultural water consumption optimization, drought, Climate-smart agriculture, adaptation, Structural equations
Received: 30 Sep 2024; Accepted: 12 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Tavasoti, Niknami, Farajollah Hosseini and Omidi Najafabadi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Mehrdad Niknami, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran., Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Islamic Azad University of Garmsar, Garmsar, Iran
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