Determining agriculture development in Fars townships by using numerical taxonomy

There are various levels of agriculture development in different areas. So, there would be a heterogeneous case in order to observe such an event. This case might not lead to study and evaluate all the processes of development completely. The first step in planning and developing agriculture cases is to analyse the facilities and to recognize the potentials. So, this paper aims to determine the level of agricultural development in Fars cities by using numerical taxonomy method. Ten main agriculture indexes have been used. The statistics and data were taken from Fars agriculture database and annual statistics from 2003-2007. It can be derived from the study that some cities like Khorambid, Arsenjan, Mohr and Sepidan have developed remarkably in comparison with other cities. Besides, Kazeron, Lamerd, Ghir-o-karzin are placed in a lower rank of development except Farashband that is omitted from this list for being heterogeneous. Finally, some solutions have been suggested to develop various parts of Fars in order to develop agriculture.