Open AccessTHE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOME RURAL AREAS IN CHAHARMAHAL AND BAKHTIARI PROVINCE, IRAN
Author(s) -
Elahe Davoodi,
Shahin Shirvani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
present environment and sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2284-7820
pISSN - 1843-5971
DOI - 10.15551/pesd2020142007
Subject(s) - sustainability , agriculture , viewpoints , production (economics) , agricultural productivity , environmental planning , geography , sustainable development , crop production , environmental resource management , business , natural resource economics , economic growth , ecology , economics , art , macroeconomics , archaeology , visual arts , biology
Sustainability of agricultural and farm production systems is an important issue, particularly in countries which heavily rely on this economic sector. Actually, so many methods have been proposed to assess the sustainability of such agricultural systems from various viewpoints. Nonetheless, limited attention has been paid to find the important key factors in agricultural sustainability in Iran. Although researchers often recognize ecological factors as the main element affecting sustainability, but also the other factors play an important role in the sustainability of an agricultural and farming system, instead. This study proposes a method to analyze the determinants of sustainable crop production, and applies it to wheat cultivation in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.