Naser Shahnooshi

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | FUM · Department of Agricultural Economics

Climate change is likely to worsen Iran's food security system if no domestic adaptation or mitigation options are implemented. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of market mechanisms on food security in Iran under climate change. To achieve this, we develop an integrated approach using Statistical Down-Scaling Model (SDSM),...

Meat as one of the most important resources of protein has a special role in human nutrition. Understanding the meat consumption structure of households is essential for planning and policymaking in this regard. In this research, we studied consumption patterns of meat products including chicken, veal, lamb, and fish for households in Iran (Mashhad...

The nitrogen regulatory policy (NRP) solution is introduced as a mitigation measure against environmental nitrogen losses and keeps food production in the Safe Operating Space of the Nitrogen Planetary Boundary. Meanwhile, scientific research shows that steps taken to reduce environmental harm can increase the unpredictability of calorie production...

The Fariman-Torbat Jam Plain has been under high pressure due to the imbalance of groundwater caused by excessive water extraction. Current conditions necessitate the preservation of appropriate extraction methods. Although the revival of the Qanat is known to be a highly compatible method, its high cost poses a challenge. Identifying and prioritiz...

Iran has been consistently running a trade deficit in agricultural products. Conditional upon domestic and global output as well as oil exports, we find that the effective real exchange rate plays a significant role in perpetuating this deficit. While we find no evidence of any J-curve dynamics, our results suggest that the effects from currency ap...

Different regions of Iran are influenced by dust storms since they are located in the arid and semi-arid zone and due to their plain structure, the penetration of different synoptic systems, and adjacency with desert and important dust centers. This research investigates the effect of dust sedimentation on the yield of irrigated and rainfed wheat i...

Climate change is among the most pressing challenges for human advancement in the twenty-first century. Climate change is having a significant impact on the agricultural sector. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the food security status and sustainability of crop production under different climate change scenarios in the arid and semi...

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been facing serious environmental issues due to over-exploitation of natural resources. This paper analyzes the ecological footprint as a proxy of environmental degradation and determines its influencing factors in 18 MENA countries during 2000–2016. Despite the many studies on the relations...

Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century. This phenomenon has an increasingly severe impact on water resources and crop production. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of climate change on water resources, crop production, and agricultural sustainability in an arid environment in Iran...

This research investigates the relationship between economic growth and consumption of fresh water in Iran using the environmental Kuznets hypothesis. In this study we used per-capita water consumption and per-capita gross domestic production of 31 provinces of Iran from 2005 to 2018. The results showed the inverted ‘U’-shaped relationship between...

Extended Abstract Introduction Changes in the global climate have become one of the most crucial challenges facing agriculture in the twenty-first century. Climatic change is mainly characterized by a rise in greenhouse gas emissions and global average temperature as well as changes in precipitation levels and patterns. Undoubtedly, these changes a...

Planning for the agricultural sector requires identifying the limitations and capacities of crops and horticultural production. Many studies have considered one or more dimensions of the agricultural sector; however, few studies have examined the factors affecting the production of crops and horticultural products using the PESTEL analysis method....

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of climatic change on potato yield and yield variability in Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZs) of Iran during 2041–2070 (2050s). The Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM) was performed in this study to downscale the outputs of the General Circulation Model (GCM) and to obtain local climate proje...

Agriculture has been identified as one of the most vulnerable sectors affected by climate change. In the present study, we investigate the impact of climatic change on dryland wheat yield in the northwest of Iran for the future time horizon of 2041–2070. The Just and Pope production function is applied to assess the impact of climate change on dryl...

Introduction: Sustainable rural development in the comprehensive and systematic process of regional development programs is one of the basic features and criteria that lead to the continuity and sustainability of these programs. Also, the sustainability of regional development programs in rural areas is affected by the dynamics and complex relation...

Previous studies have shown that the quality of property rights, farm size and market imperfections significantly affect agricultural efficiency. This article investigates the interaction between the quality of property rights and size when the countries are heterogeneous in degree of market imperfection, using a multilevel statistical approach for...

In this chapter, we discuss saffron production from an economic perspective. Research shows that the amount of saffron available, its cultivation area, as well as its price have been increasing since 2010 in response to demand. In this chapter, we present results of studies conducted on economic efficiency in Iran indicating determinants of economi...

Introduction Despite the relative advantage of producing some agricultural products, Iran is one of the largest importers of agricultural sector, so the total agricultural imports in 2016 were about 8.78 billion dollars. One of the most imported products is red meat and livestock inputs. Animal corn is the first imported product of Iran and is one...

Limited financial capability of rural people causes an increased need for capital or credits in rural areas. Microcredits can provide the cash required for the rural people’s production activities. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating the microcredit effects on rural sustainable development in selected villages of Torbat-e-Jam County of Iran....

In recent years, the high cost of raising livestock and, consequently, the sharp increase in the price of red meat in Iran have reduced its demand, and people consume chicken meat as a substitute for it. This has reduced the production incentives and, with the bankruptcy of some beef cattle farms, the welfare of producers and consumers of this prod...

در سالهای اخیر تغییرات آب و هوایی و نوسانات آن همواره یکی از مسائل مهم در بخش کشاورزی بوده است. چرا که بخش کشاورزی با نوسانات آب و هوایی(مانند خشک‌‌سالی)، با کاهش یا از بین رفتن تولیدات باغی و زراعی مواجه می‌شود. از طرفی تغییر در نهاده‌های بکار گرفته شده در تولیدات بخش کشاورزی نیز سبب نوسان عملکرد می‌گردد. کشاورزی در استان خراسان‌رضوی همواره یکی از...

Climate change is one of important issue in agricultural sector in Iran. Because this issue with affects crops’ yield that leads to increasing productivity risk. On the other hand inputs has effect on crops’ yield. So, the aim of this paper is investigating the effect of controlled inputs in production and climate factors on average and performance...

Climatic fluctuations have severe effects on water and soil resources and economy as a whole. It is hence important to study the fluctuations of climatic parameters in different regions in order to recognize the source and type of parameter that have led to fluctuating climatic parameters. To achieve this goal, the current study attempts to address...

Generally, agriculture has an important role in human future. Achieving to social stability and economics powerful is related to the quality of interaction between agriculture and other sectors. With focused on this purpose, the rural development is known as an essential basis for agricultural development through reduction of poverty and improvemen...

The main goal of this study is to identify the most important factors affecting land use change based on previous literature. The method used is qualitative and a type of meta-study known as meta-synthesis. We review the purpose of each study, data collection methods and research design/questions for this task. We perform a systematic search based...

Governance is a way of exercising power in economic and social resource management of a country. Good governance criteria have different weights and relation with regard to the conditions and information of any country. This study is a descriptive survey and has been carried out to calculate the coefficients and weights of each indicator of good go...

Fluctuation in food price and its effect on food security and society welfare has led economists to be interested in evaluating factors affecting the food price; Identifying these factors is an appropriate approach to reduce the negative consequences of such a fluctuation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of economic variables on th...

In this paper, the impact of food safety concerns on Iran’s pistachio export demand was investigated. Panel data and panel cointegration analyses were used to estimate the export demand function of Iran’s pistachio nuts to the European Union (EU), Japan, and Australia for the period of 1997 to 2006 so that the relationship between factors affecting...

Problem statement: This study examined the eleven major food groups demand for urban areas of Iran during1361-1386. Approach: AIDS, ROTTERDAM, CBS and NBR models was compare together and Sur method was applied for estimating of systems, too. Results: Results of study showed cream and fresh fruits have smallest and largest income elasticity, respect...

This study examines the relationship between food prices and monetary policy variables, using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach applied to annual data from 1976 to 2006. Results indicate that food prices in Iran have a long-run and short-run equilibrium granger causality relationship with money supply. More specifically, monetary poli...

The dairy farmers in Iran are faced with milk price distortion due to the market imperfection. To measure an unbiased farm-specific efficiency, prices should be adjusted in an imperfect market. To examine this issue, a shadow-price profit frontier was applied to a sample of 860 Iranian small intensive dairy farms surveyed in 2005-06 in order to cal...

Applying Johansson's multivariate procedure and vector error correction model to time series of 1967-2003, this study investigates the role of non-oil exports in growth of Iran economy. Results of this study showed that in short run, causality direction is from non-oil export growth to non-oil GDP and in long run this is expected to be reverse. The...

One of the most important government challenges is the environmental crisis; therefore, governments should strive to implement various policies and programs to overcome environmental problems including air pollution or the reduction of negative effects of human functions on the environment. This study has tried by using an input-output table in 138...