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	PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Volume 14, Issue no.2/ 2020

	Title: THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOME RURAL AREAS IN CHAHARMAHAL AND BAKHTIARI PROVINCE, IRAN
	Authors : *Elahe Davoodi1, Shahin Shirvani2** 1 Agricultural Promotion and Training Faculty, Yasooj University, Yasooj, Iran 2 Faculty of agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran, E-mail : * Corresponding author: shirvanishahin1985@gmail.com
	https://doi.org/10.15551/pesd2020142007
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	Abstract Sustainability of agricultural and farm production systems is an important issue, particularly in countries which heavily rely on this economic sector. Actually, so many methods have been proposed to assess sustainability of such agricultural systems from various viewpoints. Nonetheless, limited attention has been paid to find the important key factors in agricultural sustainability in Iran. Although researchers often recognize ecological factors as the main element affecting sustainability, but also the other factors play an important role in the sustainability of an agricultural and farming system, instead. This study proposes a method to analyze the determinants of sustainable crop production, and applies it to wheat cultivation in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.

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