Location Allocation of Horticultural Processing Industries in Kermanshah Province by Using Indexing Method and Geographical Information System (GIS)

Most the agricultural products incur plenty of wastages in Iran due to lack of suitable accessible markets, therefore it is understood that establishing small scale industries, specially processing industries would be a suitable way for diminishing agricultural wastes and thus promoting its development. The goal of this research was to determine the spatial factors affecting the location allocation of the aforementioned industries in Kermanshah province and to use the appropriate techniques for promoting it. Thus, this study with a recognition of the whole condition of horticulture in the province and with a provision of the most important indexes of these industries, as well as determining their weights from the viewpoint of horticultural industrie's managers and experts in the province, and by use of the data base of GIS, provides the needed plans and helps determine the location for these industries. Findings of the research showed that, Kermanshah County ranked first, Paveh, Sahneh and Eslamabad counties were ranked second, while Javanrood, Sarpolezahab, Songhor and Harsin took the third rank, as far as the establishment of horticultural processing industries, in these area is concerned.