A Study on Consolidation Barriers of Agricultural Farmlands (Case Study: Boukan County)

This research uses a descriptive-survey method to study the barriers of land consolidation in the Bokan County. Statistical population of the study was included all Agricultural beneficiaries of Boukan county that out of them, 200 sample were selected by Cochran formula in a simple random sampling method.The researcher-made questionnaire was used for data gathering that’s validity and reliability was confirmed by experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.87. Descriptive results showed that the average age of the farmers was 41 years and had an average of 21 years of agricultural work experience. The average owner of each farmer was 3 pieces of land.The results of factor analysis showed that six factors included; cultural barriers, social-participatory barriers, educational barriers, economic barriers, legal barriers and policy and structural barriers (topography) could explain about 73% of the variance of barriers to land consolidation.The results showed that, lack of training on appropriate consolidation methods, lack of farmers' participation in explanation classes, buying and selling agricultural land, traditional beliefs, the structure of certain laws such as inheritance and grant, land ownership, lack of attention to the rural economy, lack of participation of banks and lack of proper investment in agricultural sector, are the most important variables of the six-factor barriers of agricultural land consolidation in the Boukan county.