Identifying Potential of Investment in Agricultural Cooperatives of Hamadan Province Compared to Other Areas of Cooperation Using AHP Technique

The purpose of this research is to investigate the potentials of investment in agriculture co-operations in compare with other investment fields of co-operation in Hamedan Province، Iran. The data required for this research، are gathered in two steps of library study and field research by utilizing researchers’ questionnaire. The research population includes experts، working on different aspects of co-operations in Hamedan Province، among which، based on Cochran formula، 55 elite experts are selected with simple random sampling. The questioners are filled by randomly-selected experts on year 2013. The gathered data are analyzed in Expert Choice Software by Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Technique. Results of the research indicate that the most determinative criterion affecting on investment in different fields of co-operation is “consistency with region''s physical potentials”. Moreover، according to the results، agriculture co-operations have the second position after industrial co-operations in regard to their potentials of investment.