Problems of Paddy Fields Development and Renovation Project Prioritization using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Paddy fields development and renovation as the most important project to improve infrastructures of the rice sustainable production in North of Iran have had very slow Implementation pace due to various reasons and so that the project has been executed in less than 60000 hectares out of total paddy fields in Mazandaran province. Therefore, identification and prioritization of design, execution and operational problems is the basic requirements to change the existing situation. this research consider comparative comparison method between the design and as-built drawings, field monitoring of operating difficulties as well discussion and interview with experts. Then finalized list of problems, which used to develop a questionnaire with seven inquiries based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). It contains four main indicators employers’ arrangements, design, execution and finally, operation and maintenance. So, 35 experts of paddy fields Development and Renovation were selected (from Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization, consulting engineers and the contractors) to fill out the questionnaire. The results indicate the fundamental limitations in order of priority are: failure to provide the timely required credits, the lack of integrated viewpoint on irrigation and drainage studies, the lack of f operational organizations same as agricultural NGOs, deficiencies in farmers training which needs for proper operation and maintenance of the projects and legal problems especially when private property is incompatible with the public profits. Therefore, serious offers of this research are change in the financing method of the projects, for example e use of combination of native and foreign countries finance, build of all layout components of project and use of other constructing project procedures such as EPC (Engineering Procurement Construction).