Effect of Fragmentation of Land on Agricultural Mechanization Development using AHP Technique

Document Type : Research Article-en

Authors

• M. Sabati Gavgani
• D. Mohammad Zamani
• M. Gholami Par-Shokohi

Department of Biosystems Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch, Takestan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.v11i1.82910

Abstract

The agricultural sector is in need of a rapid transition from traditional and livelihoods to the stage of advanced production and commercialization, in order to provide food security for the community and to play an effective role in strengthening national independence. Mechanization is an approach that allows the agricultural sector to achieve the stage of commercial production. Without mechanization, there is no clear vision of a dynamic and sustainable agriculture that can rectify the food needs sensibly. The development of mechanization in agricultural societies, especially in the rural areas, has been accompanied by problems that the identification of the factors affecting it can help plan to eliminate them. Therefore, in the present study, the effect of the fragmentation of land on the development of agricultural mechanization in the rural districts has been investigated. The research type is applied and descriptive-analytic, survey method has been used and information has been collected through a questionnaire from 420 users in Jiroft city. The data were analyzed using a hierarchical analytical process technique using Expert Choice11 software. The research findings show that the family-social factor in the city of Jiroft was the main deterrent to the lack of development of mechanization and the cultural-communication, educational-technical, lawful-legal, and economic-financial factors were placed in the next priorities. It is proposed to implement the development of mechanization, the modernization of modern technology, education and promotion, building trust, credit and financial facilities for the modernization of agricultural implements.

Keywords

• Analytical Hierarchy Process
• Development of agricultural mechanization
• Fragmentation of land

20.1001.1.22286829.1400.11.1.4.7

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