Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Maghsud Bayat
• Robab Safari

Isfahan University

Abstract

Ongoing population increase have resulted in an ever-increasing demand for food and agricultural products, and agricultural products do not satisfy national demands in the current situation. Despite the goal of realizing self-sufficiency, a large proportion of the demands of a population which is increasing with such a trend will inevitably need to be supplied from foreign countries. However, agricultural products in global market are also limited and supplying national commands have faced some challenges. This situation requires paying more attention to agriculture, taking effective and quick steps toward increasing production and supplying required foodstuffs. The present study seeks to identify spatial inequities and determine the ranking of each cities of Fars province in agricultural section. Descriptive-analytic method inspired by composite statistical model of Human Development Index is used, which determines agricultural developmental level across the province. SPSS software is used for data analysis. Results indicate that different cities rank differently in indices, which is a result of unbalanced development of these cities in agricultural section and its indices.

Keywords

• Human Development Index
• agricultural mechanization
• spatial inequality
• Fars province

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