Abstract :
The main objective of this paper is to study farmer's situation encountering uncertainty. The data were analyzed with multiple criteria programming and TOPSIS method. The results showed that about 74.6% farmers and 67.76% of cultivation areas in Khorasan Razavi province were not in suitable situation encountering uncertainty. Only 2.33% of farmers were in suitable situation. Finally, for improvement of farmers encountering uncertainty, diversifying farming enterprises such as development of ranching, using appropriate agricultural machinery and increase group work through rural cooperatives were recommended.
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