Investigation the effects of rural electrification on agricultural growth

Subject Areas : پژوهش‌های اقتصاد روستا

Hanieh Yousefi Motaghaed ¹ , SeyyedYaghoob Zeraatkish ²

1 - دانش‌آموخته دوره دکتری تخصصی، عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان و نخبگان‌، واحد علوم و تحقیقات‌، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران‌، ایران.
2 - استادیار‌، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی‌، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران‌، گروه اقتصاد کشاورزی، تهران، ایران.

Received: 2014-12-02 Accepted : 2015-01-19 Published : 2015-01-20

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Abstract :

Energy is a critical factor, playing an essential role in production.Meanwhile the electricity is the most important forms of energy which is faced with growing demand. According to statistic of 2012, the share of energy consumption in the agricultural sector is 16.3% of total electricity consumption in the country. The electricity supply to rural areas can be considered as one of the most important infrastructure, playing an invaluable role in agricultural sector's development. So in this paper  the relationship between the value added in agriculture and the number of villages who have the electricity, the agriculture's share of total electricity consumption in the country, the number of electricity subscribers in agricultural sector, the amount of electricity consumed in the agricultural sector, value added of electricity, has been studied. To this purpose the VAR and DAG and annual data (2012-1989) were used. Results of variance analysis indicated that, among the variables included in the model, the number of electricity subscribers has the greatest effect on agricultural value added. DAG also showed that the agricultural share in total electricity consumption and number of electricity subscribers impress the agricultural value added.