Analyzing the Human and Technical Factors that Affect the Level of Intensive Cultivation in the Household Farming System (Case study: the Household Farming of Kermanshah)

Agriculture has a long-time connection with living in village. Agriculture is constituted the most important part of Iran’s economy. It constitutes about ¼ of GDP and 30 percent of employed peoples who work in agriculture-related activities. Green revolution has had positive effects, though it has faced with issues such as equality and continuity and endurance of land ownership that in turn, needs a new phase of research and development in agriculture. Prior to the land improvements, the major land owners had had 56 percent of ownership of whole of the agricultural lands in their hands; that figure did included 34 percent of all villages of the country. Meager owners, with 41/ 93 percent, were living while they had had just 10/13 percent of ownership of whole agricultural lands of the country. Meanwhile, land ownership was the main source of political power in Iran but after the land improvements, farmer households had had 36 percent of whole agricultural lands. During the 1970s and 1980s when many of Asian countries went through industrialization and urbanization rapidly, small farms were regarded as barriers to Is process. According to some studies, however, it was found out that small farms had had more productivity than big ones. This study tries to find out the answers to 4 questions: Is there any correlation between increasing the level of education of farmers and intensive method of agriculture? Is there any relationship between the household aspect of farmers as working forces and intensive cultivation? It is correct that the tendency toward modernization will lead to intensive cultivation? Is there any relationship between using technology and facilities and intensive cultivation?