Measurement and Prioritization of Influencing Factors on Sustainable Agricultural Development from Point of View Jihad Experts of Ardabil Province

Conventional farming prevails, especially after World War II due to the use of modern agricultural Institutions increase productivity of agricultural production. It rewards the true values of producers and their products. It draws and learns from organic farming. It works on farms and ranches large and small, harnessing new technologies and renewing the best practices of the past. The purpose of this paper is measurement and prioritization of influencing factors on sustainable agricultural development from point of view Jihad experts of Ardabil Province. The statistical population of this survey consists of Jihad Expertsof Ardabil Province. For data collection, it was used the documents, library and internet as the material to investigate the literature background, while utilizing the questionnaire to gather necessary field data, which was formulated, as proposed in different resources, based on the research assumptions and questions. Further, validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of experts and scholars the field of sustainable agriculture and agriculture development. Then, 30 questionnaires were completed in the Ardabil Province to determine its reliability through the test, and the Cronbach alpha coefficient was calculated for the total questionnaire equal 0.78 = α using SPSS software package. The study sample consisted of all experts in Ardabil Province, of which 160 were selected by multistage random sampling.  For data analysis, SPSS software was used. The research results showed that barriers of educational, environmental, economical and psychological settled in Ardabil province, respectively.