Explaining the effective indicators of the economic factor on attracting foreign direct investment by looking at the agricultural sector from the perspective of the country's economic elite.

Economic development requires investment in various sectors, including agriculture. Without investment, employment growth, production and socio-economic prosperity cannot be expected. Many developing countries and Iran are facing a shortage of capital and financial resources and need to attract foreign direct investment to compensate for their lack of capital and financial resources. The purpose of this study is to identify the effective indicators of the economic factor in attracting foreign investment. The statistical population of the research includes parliamentarians, elites active in the field of financial economics and agriculture, and a group of professors who specialize in both academic fields and are related to foreign investors, and there are a total of 100 people. The results of the research show; Of the 21 indicators studied, all economic indicators are effective in attracting foreign investment, but the "degree of market economy" or the principle of free trade is the most important. Then the indicators of "increasing the profitability of agricultural activities", "exchange rate stability" and "domestic financial market stability" and the three indicators of "agricultural sector growth rate" and "domestic private sector investment in agriculture".