000262635 001__ 262635 000262635 005__ 20210122080453.0 000262635 022__ $$a2159-5860 000262635 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.262635 000262635 037__ $$a1047-2017-1724 000262635 041__ $$aeng 000262635 245__ $$aIdentification of Strategies for Sustainable Development of Rice Production in Guilan Province Using SWOT Analysis 000262635 260__ $$c2017 000262635 269__ $$a2017-06-01 000262635 336__ $$aJournal Article 000262635 520__ $$aSustainable development is one of the most important issues that can be considered from different aspects and in different contexts including sustainable agriculture. This study aimed to investigate the main strategies related to sustainable development of rice production as an important agricultural product in Guilan Province using a SWOT analysis. To this end, different internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external (opportunities and threats) factors affecting rice production development were reviewed in the literature. Next, a questionnaire was designed based on the potential opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses in the literature and the initial interview of the experts; then, the experts were asked to determine the importance of factors on a five-point Likert type scale. The results showed that the rice production received the total scores of 2.14 and 2.24 for the External Factor Evaluation (EFE) matrix and the Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) matrix, respectively, indicating the ineffectiveness of the industry’s strategies. These scores mapped the position of rice production in Guilan Province. Finally, a number of strategies for sustainable development of rice crop were outlined in order to reduce the weaknesses, avoid the threats, improve the strengths, and grasp the opportunities for the rice production of Guilan Province. 000262635 546__ $$aEnglish 000262635 650__ $$aCrop Production/Industries 000262635 650__ $$aEnvironmental Economics and Policy 000262635 6531_ $$arice production 000262635 6531_ $$astrategy formulation 000262635 6531_ $$asustainable development 000262635 6531_ $$aSWOT analysis 000262635 700__ $$aShafieyan, Mohsen 000262635 700__ $$aHomayounfar, Mahdi 000262635 700__ $$aFadaei, Mehdi 000262635 773__ $$j07$$k2$$q141$$o153$$tInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development (IJAMAD) 000262635 8560_ $$fsnyde350@umn.edu 000262635 8564_ $$93ba6ce88-b9e0-4678-a5d6-c5ce06f43b84$$s7642949$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262635/files/IJAMAD_Volume%207_Issue%202_Pages%20141-153.pdf 000262635 8564_ $$9cb4d6c57-307d-4992-9084-b5996f645221$$xpdfa$$s3191082$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262635/files/IJAMAD_Volume%207_Issue%202_Pages%20141-153.pdf?subformat=pdfa 000262635 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:262635$$pGLOBAL_SET 000262635 913__ $$aBy depositing this Content ('Content') in AgEcon Search, I agree that I am solely responsible for any consequences of uploading this Content to AgEcon Search and making it publicly available, and I represent and warrant that: I am either the sole creator and the owner of the copyrights and all other rights in the Content; or, without obtaining another’s permission, I have the right to deposit the Content in an archive such as AgEcon Search. To the extent that any portions of the Content are not my own creation, they are used with the copyright holder’s express permission or as permitted by law. Additionally, the Content does not infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of another, nor does the Content violate any laws or another’s rights of privacy or publicity. The Content contains no restricted, private, confidential, or otherwise protected data or information that should not be publicly shared. I understand that AgEcon Search will do its best to provide perpetual access to my Content. In order to support these efforts, I grant the Regents of the University of Minnesota ('University'), through AgEcon Search, the following non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide rights and licenses: to access, reproduce, distribute and publicly display the Content, in whole or in part, in order to secure, preserve and make it publicly available, and to make derivative works based upon the Content in order to migrate the Content to other media or formats, or to preserve its public access. These terms do not transfer ownership of the copyright(s) in the Content. These terms only grant to the University the limited license outlined above. 000262635 980__ $$a1047