Multifunctional Agriculture (MFA) from Viewpoint Iranian Specialists’ Agricultural and Rural Development

Alibaygi, Amirhossein; Borzoo, Gholamreza

doi:10.22059/ijaedr.2013.50236

Multifunctional Agriculture (MFA) from Viewpoint Iranian Specialists’ Agricultural and Rural Development

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Iran

² M. Sc of Rural Development, Razi University, Iran

10.22059/ijaedr.2013.50236

Abstract

In recent years, multifunctional agriculture as a new paradigm of agriculture and rural development was introduced to the world. Multifunctional indicates that the inclusion of agricultural production functions (food, fiber) and unproductive functions (field of employment and income, strengthening social capital, conservation of biodiversity and genetic enhancement of rural industries, represented beautiful landscape partially) is Multi-purpose farming, villagers and farmers benefit from, all the blessings of the agricultural sector. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify and determine the terms of agricultural practices agriculture and rural development experts using the Delphi Method. By using purposed sampling, 15 were identified as members of the Delphi panel. This study was conducted in three rounds, 7 functions as functions as functions of unproductive agricultural crop production and 33 performance in Subheading 8 (social functions and cultural, political, economic, educational, sociology of knowledge, art, environmental ecological and ecological) were identified. The most important functions of production - the production of food, feed and fiber production and the most important functions of the unproductive to food security, employment creation earn money, social investment, exports and exchange technology, conservation biodiversity and natural resources, especially soil and water production base pointed.

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