Sustainability Analysis of Rainfed Wheat Production in Miyaneh County by Analytical Hierarchy Process

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Graduated Msc, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 Professor. Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Objectives: The main purpose of this research is to investigate the sustainability of rainfed wheat cultivation in the city of Mianeh in the cropping years of 2017-2020.
Materials and Methods:
hierarchical analysis was used for feature weighting the indices. Social, economic and environmental dimensions were considered as decision criteria for sustainability assessment and for each of these dimensions five indicators had been contemplated. Paired comparisons of analytical hierarchy process and referring to agricultural Jihad management experts of Miyaneh county and wheat farmers in this city, 30 questionnaires were filled by wheat farmers and 40 questionnaires by agricultural Jahad management and natural resource management experts of Miyaneh county.
Results:

in both groups, economic dimension has higher weight then environmental and social dimension, respectively. In the economic dimension, from the viewpoint of both groups, the ratio of expenditure per hectare and operation on hectare is among the most important indicators, in total, these two indices have the highest overall relative weight. In the social dimension, the indicators of self-sufficiency in wheat production and the number of observer of the wheat project have the highest impact on wheat cultivation sustainability in every hectare and rural insurance in terms of farmers. In environmental dimension, the conservation indicators, or at least, have the highest weight importance.
Conclusions:
it is recommended to increase the use of modified seeds and increase the efficiency of using inputs and determine the optimal price of wheat purchasing so as to increase performance and decrease the ratio of cost to income.

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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
Volume 34, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 305-320

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