فهرست مطالب غفور سلیمی

Different regions of a country generally have different levels of agricultural development. In fact، there is a kind of heterogeneity that makes the investigation of the agricultural development trends in provinces of the country undeniable. The present article aims to analyze the level of agricultural development and its imbalance in rural regions of West Azerbaijan for urban levels in 2000s. To meet this aim، 48 criteria of agricultural development were defined and measured using two methods namely factor analysis and numerical taxonomy analysis. The cities of the province ware ranked according to their agricultural level of development and the dual coefficient among them was calculated. The results of the study showed that agricultural level of development in the cities of West Azerbaijan in the mentioned period has declined; however، the dual coefficient showed homogenous development.

This article is to analyze and determine the level of agricultural development and the amount of imbalance in the rural areas in West Azerbaijan province and districts for the years from 2001 to 2009. To achieve this goal، 48 defined developed indicators using two methods، factor analysis method and numerical taxonomy were measured. The provinces in terms of degree of development in the agricultural sector were ranked. On the other hand، the effect of bank keshavarzi’s microfinance on agricultural development was measured with using a panel data model in same province for the years from 2002 to 2008. The results show that the levels of agricultural development districts of West Azerbaijan province during the years studied، from 2001 to 2009 the level of agricultural development has reduced. By the way the results with fixed effect show that the effect of bank keshavarzi’s microfinance on agricultural development is positive and significant.