Food and nutrition planning for Iran to the year 2000
1980
Parvizi, Ali
The objective of this study has been a macro-evaluation of the agricultural economy of Iran with emphasis on the projection of demand for food in the year 2000 and its relation to supply. The study covers the following areas: - • Some geographical and agro- climatic characteristics of Iran; • An introduction to the Iranian economy and its transformation during the past 20 years; • Some economic and social characteristics of the rural areas of Iran including the characteristics of rural settlements, management and form of labour of agricultural units, state of education, medical facilities and amenities in the rural areas, and rural income and expenditure; • Land including land resources, land reform and other land policies, and land use; • Water including total available water, water use and efficiency; • Population and labour force including evolution of population and its age, sex and area distribution, marital status of population, active population, employment and unemployment, and projection of population to the year 2000; • Production and marketing including value added in agriculture, commodity production with some specific examples, and inputs and machinery use; • Foreign trade; • Consumption and demand including present consumption, and per caput and total demand projection; • Summary and conclusions.
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