Investigation of Mechanisms to Reduce Agricultural Waste Utilizing Delphi Technique

The main objective of this research was to investigate mechanisms to reduce agricultural waste applying the views of specialists of the field. This research was an applied research with a quantitative nature. The data were collected in a descriptive survey method and it has been designed using Delphi method to attain group agreement. The panel of expert members in the research has been all specialists in the field of agricultural waste management in three academic levels, administrative organizations and research organizations among which 18 expert and experienced specialists were selected through the purposeful chain sampling method to answer the research main questions. The main data-collecting tool was a structural questionnaire. Based on the results of the research, the specialists agreed on 48 mechanisms to reduce agricultural waste that were classified into seven factors including infrastructure - social, economical, policy making - planning, productive – production, technical,– extension- education and research.