The Role of Human Capital in Climatic Drought Management, using Fitness Indicators, in the Villages of Kermanshah District

Having sustainable human capital leads to the adoption of strategies which make rural families resilient to risks, especially drought. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of human capital in climate drought management in rural areas of Kermanshah. The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose (type of use), and the method used in this research is a descriptive-analytical method. The statistical population of the study, including all experts related to the subject of research in Kermanshah, is made of 120 people. The sample size was selected for 120 experts based on the total census. Data collection tools include two questionnaires of human capital and drought management. Moreover, the human capital index has sub-indicators that include (expertise, skills and knowledge). The validity of the questionnaire was formal, which was confirmed by university professors, and the total reliability of the questionnaire, based on Cronbach's alpha, was 0.84 and was proven. The collected data were analyzed based on the path analysis of structural equations. The results showed that human capital in general is effective in drought management. Among these, human capital sub-variables, which include knowledge, skills and expertise have also affected drought management, so that knowledge on drought management with an impact factor of 0/26 and a significant value of 0/002, drought management skills with an impact factor of 0/34 and a significance of 0/000, and specialization with an impact factor of 0/49 and a significance of 0/000, have affected drought management. Among these, expertise had the highest impact, while knowledge had the least impact.