Determining Key Agricultural Strategic Factors Using AHP-MICMAC

Ali Akbar Barati, Hossein Azadi, Milad Dehghani Pour, Philippe Lebailly and Mostafa Qafori
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Ali Akbar Barati: Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
Hossein Azadi: Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Milad Dehghani Pour: Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
Philippe Lebailly: Department of Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Mostafa Qafori: Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: Agriculture is an irrefutable part of food policy. This paper aims to introduce an integrated method using MICMAC and AHP techniques to deal with understanding the key strategic variables of agricultural system. MICMAC was used to determine the classifications of variables and AHP was applied to weigh these classifications. MICMAC is a structural analysis tool used to structure ideas and AHP is an effective tool to deal with complex decision making and helps decision-makers making the best decision. The results show that strategic variables had different types of influence and direct, indirect, and potential dependencies did not have the same importance. AHP-MICMAC not only considers these differences, but also puts a total priority weight for each variable. These characteristics have an important role in forming strategies and scenarios for agricultural development. Therefore, the case of Iran was used to illustrate the application of MICMAC aiming to supply instructions for the development of agriculture system.

Keywords: agricultural policy; agriculture management; policy-making for food; decision making for agriculture; Iran agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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