Crop Rotation Role in Sustainability of Farmer’s Income: A Case Study of Shooshtar County
Subject Areas : Agricultural Economics Research
M. Aghapoor Sabbaghi
1
(عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاداسلامی واحد شوشتر)
H. Rafiee
2
(دانشجوی دکتری گروه اقتصاد کشاورزی دانشگاه تهران)
Keywords: Crop Rotation, Risk, Target- Motad Approach,
Abstract :
In this study for determination of optimizing crop rotation in Shooshtar county, Traget-Motad method was used. Information is gathered from Shooshtar county’s farmers, organization and and district Agricultural Office. The results of the study showed that there was slight difference in risk and output under various alternatives. For example, optimal acreages of wheat in risky conditions and without rotation were 32367 hectares while these acreages in first and second rotation under risky conditions would be 15270 and 4200 hectares respectively. Finally, among various alternatives, optimum crop rotation was determined