Ranking Economic Resilience Policies in Agricultural Sector of Iran

The resilience economy and the related policies and strategies have been one of the most important concerns of the policy makers over recent years. This issue is especially important in the agricultural sector due to its significant importance in the Iranian economy. Therefore, this study aimed at investigating the importance of government policies and requirements to achieve the goals of resilience economy in the agricultural sector of Iran using Analytical Network Process (ANP) method. For this purpose, a list of the most important policies and economic requirements affecting the resilience economy in the short term, mid-term and long-term was initially selected based on the related literature and experts opinions; then through questionnaire, the concerned experts' opinions were obtained and the extracted policies were ranked. The study results showed that the most important requirements to achieve resilience economy included 'supporting national production and efficiently use of time, resources and facilities' in short term and 'reforming the Iranian economic system and privatization' in mid-term and long-term. Also, it was found that food security and reduction of imports in the short run as well as reducing government intervention in price and wage determination in the long run would be the most important government policies.