A Systematic Review of Environmental Agriculture Studies in Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. Student of Iran's Social Issues, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University; Yazd, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

10.30473/ee.2025.72083.2764

Abstract

Iran's current climatic and environmental conditions do not have sufficient capacity to continue agriculture in the traditional way. Accordingly, in recent decades, environmental and sustainable agriculture has gradually become popular in Iran. During this period, various studies have been conducted in the field of environmental agriculture in Iran, examining its challenges and development strategies. The present study analyzes these studies using an integrated systematic review research method (which combines the findings of studies conducted with different research methods). The sample consisted of 28 scientific-research articles that were published in the field of humanities in Persian between 2006 and 2024. These samples were selected using purposive sampling. The findings of the study indicate that environmental agriculture has three main dimensions: environmental sustainability, food sustainability, and human-social sustainability. Economic sustainability lies within all three of these dimensions. These three dimensions interact with each other and together form environmental agriculture through their interaction. Furthermore, a review of the research conducted showed that the challenges of environmental agriculture in Iran include institutional and managerial inefficiency, financial and economic instability, weak technical infrastructure, inappropriate socio-cultural contexts, an inefficient educational and promotional system, and environmental instability. In the research reviewed, various strategies have been presented for the development of environmental agriculture, the most important of which are the development of indigenous knowledge, green intelligence, the green agricultural economy, the enhancement of green knowledge, institutional efficiency, infrastructure development, and the strengthening of green social capital.

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Journals of Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Volume 14, Issue 1
October 2025
Pages 105-127

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