Agricultural Economics and Development

Agricultural Economics and Development

Investigation of Factors Affecting the Joint Adoption of Cropping Pattern and Groundwater Utilization Reduction Using New Institutional Economics Approach: A Case Study of Potato Producers in Dehgolan County, Kurdistan Province of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
amin sharifi 1
abdolhamid papzan 2
A.H. Alibeigi 3
1 PhD Student in Agricultural Development, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Department of agricultural development and extention, faculty of agriculture, Razi university
3 Associate Professor of Extension Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
10.30490/aead.2020.122958
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