Measuring and Analyzing Agricultural Development of Sub - districts in Paveh Township Using Vikor Method

Agriculture sector in Iran and some other countries of the world has a vital role in national development. Scientific acquiring of the current situation of regions is an important and imitative step in improvement planning of this sector. The purpose of this descriptive-analytical study was to investigate agricultural developmental levels of sub – districts of Paveh township using Vikor method. Secondary data (published or on the web site of related organization) and field data (by filling checklist from related organization) for 91 indicators in sub-sectors of horticulture, animal husbandry, agronomy, sustainability, infrastructural, educational- human resources (extracted from reviewing literature review and interviewing with rural development, geography and agricultural economics experts) were used. By division by mean, their units omitted and for weighting indicators Mc Granahan method and for weighting sub sectors AHP method were used. The results revealed that there are differences regards agricultural development level among rural sub –counties in Paveh Township. Holy sub- district ranked as first and Sirvan, Makovan and Shamshir sub- districts were in second place and the Shivesar was in third place of agricultural developmental level. Based on the findings, some recommendations to improve agricultural development of sub- districts have been suggested.