Structural Changes in Iran's Agriculture: A Perspective to 2025

The main objective of this study is to identify structural changes in Iran’s agriculture up to 2025 based on experts views. The study applies Delphi technique to reach to a consensus among the experts. The statistical population consists of all policy makers in agricultural sector. Through a purposive sampling a sample size of 20 is selected to respond to the main question of research. The experts predict 16 changes for the sector and they reach to a consensus about the type of change - decrease or increase. The changes can be classified in 6 themes: type of crop production, production equipments, market demand, quality of cultivation, size and number of farm plots, and human factor in production.