ارزیابی تاب‌آوری سیستم‌های زراعی در برابر تغییرات اقلیم با مقیاس شارپ (مورد مطالعه: زعفران‌کاران استان کرمانشاه)

تغییراقلیم یکی از چالش های مهم در زندگی بشر به حساب می آید و عملکرد سیستم های زراعی را تحت تاثیر قرار داده است. ظرفیت سیستم های زراعی در بازیابی، سازماندهی مجدد و تکامل پس از مواجهه با تنش های خارجی در چارچوب نظریه تاب آوری تحلیل شده است. آنچه در ادبیات تاب آوری توجه بسیاری از منتقدین را به خود جلب کرده است، مفهوم سازی تاب آوری است. بنابراین هدف از این مطالعه، ارایه مقیاس سنجش تاب آوری تحت عنوان شارپ (خودارزیابی و ارزیابی جامع از تاب آوری اقلیمی کشاورزان و دامداران( می باشد که با هدف ارزیابی تاب آوری سیستم های زراعی به روش مشارکتی توسط فائو توسعه داده شده است. در این پژوهش این مقیاس را مورد واکاوی قرار داده و بومی سازی نموده و برای اعتباربخشی آن از مشارکت 20 زعفران کار در استان کرمانشاه بهره گرفته شد. هدف این مطالعه، آزمایش پایلوت مقیاس شارپ بین زعفران کاران استان بود که با استفاده از پرسشنامه استاندارد و بومی شده شارپ و مصاحبه‌های عمیق با 20 زعفران کار و بحث‌های گروهی متمرکز با کشاورزان، تاب آوری، چالش ها و راهکارهای موثر بر تقویت تاب‌آوری زعفران کاران بررسی و ارائه شد. نتایج اعتبارسنجی شارپ نشان داد که مولفه های استفاده از کانال های فروش بدون واسطه، بازار و عضویت در تشکل ها سه گروه از اجزای نظام زراعی هستند که سیستم حداقل تاب آوری را در برابر آن ها دارد. اعتبارسنجی مقیاس مذکور با استفاده از 4 معیار گابا و همکاران (1994) انجام شد که عبارتند از 1- مقبولیت 2- تصدیق پذیری 3- انتقال پذیری 4- اعتماد پذیری. نتایج این مطالعه می تواند در جهت ارزیابی تاب آوری و راهکارهای افزایش آن در برابر تغییرات اقلیمی در سیستم های زراعی کمک نماید.

assessment of resilience of farm systems to climate change using the sharp scale (a case of saffron growers in kermanshah province)

introduction: climate change is one of the most important challenges of mankind. farm systems in particular are faced with predictable and unpredictable shocks in that their functionality is affected in terms of both quality and quantity. farm systems capacity for recovery, reorganization, and evolution following external tensions and shocks are discussed within the context of resiliency framework. however, recommendation and evaluation of policy-making solutions in resiliency literature is limited. in other words, most resiliency critics highlight shortcomings of resiliency in terms of conceptualization. moreover, with correct conceptualization of resiliency policy making and program planning would be facilitated. therefore, this study sought to investigate resiliency assessment scale titled sharp (self-evaluation and holistic assessment of climate resilience of farmers and pastoralists), which is developed by fao (food and agriculture organization), with the goal of social economic systems (ses) in the context of participatory resilient assessment. materials and methods: this research is conducted in a mixed manner with a relative qualitative-dominant approach. that was previously used in the context of developing countries. the sharp assessment tool was pilot tested among 20 saffron growers in kermanshah province with quantitative-qualitative dominant in mind. the sharp assessment tool comprised of 52 statements measuring the resiliency of saffron farmers facing climate shocks. each saffron grower was evaluated on a 30-point scale including 10 points for academic and 10 points importance and 10 points for applying or taking resiliency measures. results and discussion: the results of this research will be presented in two sections:sharp scale localization is carried out within a seven-stage procedure, including: adding and removing questions to/from the original version of the sharp tool, questionnaire translation, grading, implementation within the software environment, early implementation with 5 farmers, analysis and assessments based upon the early implementation, and the sharp scale pilot implementation.experimental implementation of the iranian sharp with twenty saffron farmers in kermanshah state: the sample and the goal of the field work were twenty farmers from the saffron farmers of kermanshah province. the field experiment was carried out in a two-stage process including: scientific evaluation through the farmers’ self-assessment and conducting group discussions about the results of the first stage results with the farmers to analyzing and discuss their feedbacks. in the twenty analyzed farm systems, the most resiliency against the farm system components included meal sessions (25.5), energy resources (19), tensions (18.9), and livelihood (18.8). furthermore, the least resiliency if the farm systems corresponded with usage of sales channels without intermediaries and direct sale (10.9), group membership (10.5), and the market (12). the accuracy of aforementioned measures was verified via utilizing the four measures suggested by gabba et al. (1994); 1) credibility 2) confirmability 3) transferability 4) dependability conclusion: farmers feedbacks and utilization of the sharp scale, form the discussions’ core. saffron farmers’ positive feedback with respect to owning a scale that provides quick results is important, since it provides the possibility of their participation in small groups to discuss their results, make comparisons with each other and identify the farm system’s resiliency. resiliency assessment of farm systems using the sharp scale is easy and interesting. this is mostly since it does not require official documentation; therefore, farmers can answer it with simple and rudimentary knowledge of the farm’s daily operation.