A Strategic Analysis of Iran’s Overseas Agriculture using SWOT and QSPM Models

Document Type : Research

Authors

• Farzaneh Rezaee ¹
• Farahnaz Rostami ²

¹ MA in Rural Development, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

² Associate Professor in Agricultural Education, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/jgrd.2023.78462.1184

Abstract

Overseas agriculture is the purchase or lease of land plots on a large scale and their exploitation in countries with suitable potential in terms of facilities and production resources. Studies show that there is not much information available in this field. The issue of overseas agriculture raised in Iran, yet there is still no sign of implementing a long-term strategic planning. Therefore, the main goal of this exploratory research was to measure the competitiveness of Iran in implementing long-term overseas agriculture programs, taking into account Iran’s weaknesses, strengths, opportunities, and threats regarding the planning of extraterritorial agriculture. Using SWOT and QSPM models, the strategic analysis of overseas agriculture in Iran was done. SWOT model was used to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of overseas agriculture, to analyze the data, and provide a strategy for eliminating weaknesses, reducing the effects of threats, enforcing the strengths, and taking advantage of existing opportunities. The presented strategies were also reviewed and prioritized based on the Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) to improve work quality and time management. The scores obtained by the matrix of internal factors (2.013 out of 4) and the matrix of external factors (2.454 out of 4) showed that the appropriate strategies for extraterritorial agriculture in Iran are defensive models. Among the different strategies of the defensive model, WT3 strategy on the implementation and operationalization of extraterritorial agricultural regulations and policies for increasing the efficiency of the custodian organizations was recognized as the most important and of highest priority.
 
 

Keywords

• Agricultural Investment
• Investor (Guest) Country
• Invested (Host) Country
• Strategic Management
• Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix
• Strengths and Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats

Main Subjects

• Natural geography and environmental planning

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