Analysis of the problems of the agricultural and natural resources research and education centers regarding watershed management and the existing scenarios (Technical Report)

Mosaffaie, Jamal; Ebrahimi, Ataollah; Arabkhedri, Mahmood; Garshasbi, Parviz; Salehpour Jam, Amin; Tabatabaei, Mahmoudreza; Peyrowan, Hamidreza; Gharibreza, Mohammadreza; Zand, Mehran; Ghermez Cheshme, Bagher

doi:10.22092/ijwmse.2024.364792.2043

	Analysis of the problems of the agricultural and natural resources research and education centers regarding watershed management and the existing scenarios (Technical Report)
مهندسی و مدیریت آبخیز
Article 8, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2025, Pages 256-266 PDF (778.19 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.22092/ijwmse.2024.364792.2043
Authors
jamal mosaffaie^* ¹; Ataollah Ebrahimi²; Mahmood Arabkhedri³; Parviz Garshasbi⁴; Amin Salehpour Jam¹; Mahmoudreza Tabatabaei¹; Hamidreza Peyrowan¹; Mohammadreza Gharibreza¹; Mehran Zand¹; Bagher Ghermez Cheshme¹
¹Associate Professor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
²Associate Professor, Department of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources and Geosciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
³Professor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
⁴Researcher, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Extended abstract Introduction In recent years, the country's watersheds have been exposed to man-made problems and sufferings such as erosion, floods, and droughts, leading to great yearly losses. To effectively manage watersheds, it is necessary to conduct appropriate and practical research, which in turn requires solving the problems related to this area. To identify and determine the problems of the research department, getting the opinions of experts, researchers, and elites and thinking together with them is considered a suitable solution, which can later solve problems and problems. This article intends to analyze their problems in soil conservation and watershed management based on common thinking with the research and education centers of agriculture and natural resources of the country. Methods and materials For this purpose, these problems were collected based on the request of the SCWMRI from the agricultural and natural resources research and training centers of the province. Then, the announcements were categorized in two organizational and thematic ways (general and partial). In the organizational classification, each of the issues raised by the provinces was assigned to one of the departments according to their relationship with each of the organizational departments of the SCWMRI. In the subject classification, in the first stage, each of the issues raised by the provinces was assigned to three sub-sectors including research or technological, structural, and support, according to the nature of the subject. In the second stage, the issues raised by the provinces were assigned to more detailed categories according to the nature of the subject. Results and discussion The results indicate that in this survey, 25 out of 32 provincial centers (78% participation) have announced 182 cases as problems in the research department in soil conservation and watershed management. Thematic classification of the announced instances showed that the subjects of knowledge-based productivity of watershed resources, watershed monitoring and evaluation, and solving the gap in the research department with implementation have the most importance with 28, 26, and 25 cases (15%, 14%, and 13%), respectively. The results of organizational classification also indicate that the departments of the directorate and research departments of watershed management and hydrology and water resources development have the most importance with 34, 28, and 24 cases (19%, 15%, and 14%), respectively. Conclusion Based on the results of this research, the managers and decision-makers of the research and implementation departments of soil and watershed protection in the country will be able to have better targeting for their future policies, strategies, and actions.
Keywords
Common thinking; Prioritization; Problem classification; Research and implementation; Soil conservation

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