Investigating the role of agricultural development in sustainable rural development

محورهای موضوعی : Agriculture Marketing and Commercialization

Morad KeyKosravi ¹ (Agricultural Development Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
sahar dehyouri ² (Department of Agriculture, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, IRAN)
Mehdi Mirdamadi ³ (Agricultural Development Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

تاریخ دریافت : 1400/11/03 تاریخ پذیرش : 1401/02/20 تاریخ انتشار : 1401/03/11

کلید واژه: Agricultural Development, SWOT model, Sustainable rural development,

چکیده مقاله :

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of agricultural development in the sustainable rural development of Bilvar district of Kermanshah (including Dudestan behind Varazavor dam) and to identify the agricultural abilities and talents of the region. The research method is descriptive-analytical, and the necessary information was collected based on survey and library studies, and the SWAT model was used to identify weaknesses and strengths, opportunities and threats, and the binomial test method was used to test the hypotheses. The statistical population of this research is tomato farmers and rural experts of the study area, 235 farmers and 20 sector experts were selected as the sample size using Cochran's formula, and 200 farmers' questionnaires were returned. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, which is 0/77 for the farmers' questionnaire and 0/71for the experts' questionnaire. In this research, EXEL and SPSS software were used for data analysis and GIS software has been used to prepare geographical location maps. The findings show that the hypothesis of Bilvar region has the potential for agriculture and horticulture has been rejected by the farmers and confirmed by the experts, and the agricultural hypotheses will increase the employment and reliable income of agriculture in the study area, and summer work, especially tomato cultivation in Achieving sustainable rural development has the greatest impact, confirmed by both groups. The final results of the research show that agriculture, especially tomato cultivation, has had a significant impact on sustainable rural development in Bilwar.

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