Water scarcity is a major threat to food security and sustainable agriculture. Among the most vulnerable groups are farmers, who are increasingly exposed to the adverse impacts of water Scarcity. Regarding this issue, farmers need to adapt to water scarcity. Thus, understanding the factors influencing farmers' adaptative behavior is important. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the constructs that significantly affect the farmers' adaptative behavior to water scarcity. To achieve this, we used the Values-Identity-Personal Norms (VIP) model and added the construct of environmental self-efficacy. A survey was conducted in Kermanshah Province, located in the western region of Iran. Data for this study were gathered using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The study sample consisted of 380 irrigated wheat farmers. Structural equation modeling analysis showed that adding the environmental self-efficacy construct to the model, increased the explanatory power of water scarcity adaptation behavior by 9.3 %, and in total, 43 % of adaptive behavior was explained. The findings of this research contribute to the existing body of knowledge on adaptive behavior, particularly in the context of water scarcity. Practically, the current study provides a rationale for incorporating biospheric value, personal norms, environmental self-identity, and environmental self-efficacy into policy-making and decision-making processes, encouraging farmers to adopt water scarcity adaptation measures.

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伊朗西部农民对水资源短缺的适应行为：价值观-身份-个人规范模型的应用


水资源短缺是粮食安全和可持续农业的主要威胁。农民是最脆弱的群体之一，他们越来越多地受到水资源短缺的不利影响。关于这个问题，农民需要适应水资源短缺。因此，了解影响农民适应行为的因素很重要。因此，本研究旨在确定显着影响农民对水资源短缺的适应行为的结构。为了实现这一目标，我们使用了价值观-身份-个人规范 （VIP） 模型，并添加了环境自我效能感的结构。在位于伊朗西部地区的 Kermanshah 省进行了一项调查。本研究的数据是使用多阶段整群随机抽样方法收集的。研究样本由 380 名灌溉小麦种植者组成。结构方程建模分析表明，将环境自我效能结构添加到模型中，将水资源短缺适应行为的解释力提高了 9.3 %，总共解释了 43 % 的适应行为。这项研究的结果有助于现有的适应性行为知识体系，尤其是在水资源短缺的背景下。实际上，目前的研究为将生物圈价值、个人规范、环境自我认同和环境自我效能纳入政策制定和决策过程提供了基本原理，鼓励农民采取水资源短缺适应措施。