Comparative Advantage Investigation of Cultivated Production in Sari

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 Agricultural sector as an important economic sector in Iran needs to tent and programming tend to potential advantage and susceptible role in food security. Attention to relative advantage in agricultural activity is one of the most important of programming aspects in this sector. So, in this article has been commutated relative advantage indicators for cultivate production in Sari in 2008-2009. The results indicated that among of production barley has no advantage and its DRC index was 2.03, but its area harvested in the region was in third place. So, suggested to responder of the region make commitments of relative advantage of this production or replace a part of its area harvested by wheat or Canola . Also wheat at last of value exchange rate in Rials has DRC equal one that indicate high social profitable of this production even in the least social revenue persuasion producer to has the second place for area harvested in this province now.    JEL Classification: F1