Investigating the effects of climate change, drought, and agricultural sector policies on the trend of the water poverty index in Iran

Abstract Since climate change, intermittent droughts with various severities, poor management and uncontrolled abstraction of water resources, inattention to the balance these resources have caused crisis in recent decades, it is vitally important study scarcity, its changes future, effect change drought on scarcity through appropriate policies agricultural sector. To achieve this goal, present selected Fasa plain Iran calculated poverty index (WPI) from 2008 2018 using parametric non-parametric statistical tests. Also, correlation coefficient between WPI area. It then evaluated effects sector index. The results showed that consumption had greatest weight calculating WPI. has fluctuated 0.297 0.678 plain, worst situation was experienced 2014. Despite insignificance, downward trend become more unfavorable over time. Finally, concluded dependent than short term. Therefore, managing resource important, especially conditions. also reducing can significantly improve solving given conditions future trend, requires improving water-use efficiency