Drought Risk Vulnerability Parameters among Wheat

Identification and analysis of farmers’ vulnerability associatedwith their risk aversion degree is one of the necessary requirementsfor planning and reducing impacts of drought iniran. so, this study was investigated three risk vulnerabilityparameters (economic, social and technical) among wheatfarmers categorized in accordance with their risk aversiondegree in the mashhad county (iran) between drought yearsof 2009-2011. vulnerability parameters were determined bydelphi technique. for measuring vulnerability and risk aversiondegree, formula of me-bar and valdes and method of safetyfirst rule were applied respectively. findings revealed that insocial vulnerability indicators; education level, collaborativelyfarming activities and dependency on government and intechnical vulnerability; irrigation method, cultivation methodand type of cultivation; risk averse farmers have had thehighest vulnerability level under drought conditions. while respectingeconomic vulnerability, risk neutral farmers (in insuringfor crops, sale prices of crops and the type of land ownership),have had the highest vulnerability level.