Evaluating the ability to accept economic activities in territory using AHP, case study: agricultural activities of Mazandaran province's counties

In current research, the main objective is to determine the necessity requirements of establishing agricultural activities using hierarchical analysis method. Due to special climate and location conditions and resulting potentials from these conditions in Mazandaran province, agricultural activities are of the most important activities being done in this province. Each of these counties, have suitable or unsuitable conditions in accepting activities related to agriculture section, in which determining their level and their ability rank, is an important source for distribution of services and activities related to agriculture in the territory. Therefore, determination of related and accessible indicators in doing agricultural activities are done. Then the ability of counties of province in accepting farming activities as a subsection of agriculture based on specific indicators, was determined and available alternations in land exploitation and the intensity of its use in agriculture section were determined.