A Feasibility Study on the Application of Precision Agriculture for Productivity of Manufacturing and commercialization of Organic Crops

The purpose of the present research is a feasibility study on the application of precision agriculture for productivity of manufacturing organic crops from the viewpoint of experts in agricultural department of Tehran province. The sample population of the present research consists of all experts of Agricultural Department of Tehran who are more than 210 people out of which 132 people were selected by simple random sampling method as volume sample. Prioritizing in relation to the effective social factors on the ability of performing precision agriculture for productivity of organic crops with 0.230 coefficient of changes, partnership of farmers and researchers in all stages of production, evaluating and promoting results obtained by researches and assessments for precision agriculture, effective economic factors with 0.182 coefficient of changes, having enough budget for conducting the research and its relationship with precision agriculture among agricultural farms, factors for effective policy making with 0.268 coefficient of changes, regarding plans of precision agriculture as fundamental issue within framework of macro-policies of agriculture and rural development of Iran are deemed as the top priorities. Prioritizing forms based on coefficient of changes revealed from the viewpoint of experts of Agricultural Department, the highest priority for technology related to level of consists of Tillage, Micronutrients and Pesticides. Prioritizing the viewpoint of experts of Agricultural Department in relation to application of precision agriculture for producing organic crops with change coefficient of 0.219, 0.214 and 0.213 are related to increasing economic return, increasing income of producers as well as reducing production costs.