Adoption study of rainfed durum wheat of Dehdasht variety and its economic impacts in Iran

The objective of this study is the determination of adoption indices and measurement profitability by Investment Rate of Return (IRR) and economic surplus due to the planting of Dehdasht variety. Requiered data were collected from institutes, organizations, Agricultural Research and Education and Natural Resource Centers of targeted provinces by questionnaire in during 2010-2017. In this research,the adoption analysis indices and economic surplus criteria were used. Based on Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture, means of adoption degree of Dehdasht variety in formal seed was estimated 1.3 percent during 2015-2017. Based on the price of durum wheat during study years, means of the change of economic surplus and net present value (NPV) of activity were estimated 602 and 1014 billion Iranian rials.The Investment Rate of Return (IRR) of Dehdasht variety was estimated more than discount rate. In generally, breeding program of Dehdasht variety is economic. It is suggested that in future research planning, researcher select breeding lines through breeding programs and introduce to farmers that not only has high yielding potential compared to the check variety and adapted to the climate but also thay have good resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.