Department of Agricultural Economics
As an outstanding academic department and as an important part of the School of Agriculture at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, the Department of Agricultural Economics intends to
- Hold on-the-job training courses in various fields of Agricultural Economics, aimed at improving the knowledge and skills of those employed in the agricultural sector.
- Conduct and supervise research projects in various fields of Agricultural Economics
- Offer consultation with regard to policy making and the planning of Agricultural Development projects
- Help graduate students become outstanding researchers
Our Master’s program which started its activities in 2005 trains students to become experts in the Agricultural Economics profession and to conduct innovative research in Agricultural and Environmental Economics. Students in this program can study in the different areas of Agricultural Marketing, Production Economics and Farm Management, Agricultural Development and Policy, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
Several Ph.D. candidates have been accepted in the Department of Agricultural Economic since 2012. Our academic members work closely with PhD students to produce outstanding research studies in the following areas:
- Development economics
- Climate change
- Economics of international trade
- Natural resource economics
- Environmental economics
- Farm management and economics
- Applied economics
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Arash Dourandish |
| Assistant Professor |
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| Department of Agricultural Economics |
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| dourandish@um.ac.ir |
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| +985138805786 |
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| Agricultural Marketing |
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| Production Economics and farm Management |
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Academic staff
Research
Recent journal articles
Shayanmehr, S., Sabouhi Sabouni, M., Mohammadi, H., & Shahnoushi Foroushani, N. (2025). Market mechanisms and their role in sustainable food security: Adapting to climate change in arid regions. Sustainable Futures, 9 (), 100412-22.
Aminizadeh, M., Mohammadi, H., Karbasi, A. (2025). Application of Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model for Determining Seafood Expor. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 27 (1), 1-15.
Nejatiyanpour, E., Daneshvar Kakhki, M., & Sabouhi Sabouni, M. (2025). Assessing Hyrcanian forest fire vulnerability: socioeconomic and environmental perspectives. Journal of Forestry Research, 36 (1), -.
Esfandiari, S., Dehghani, M., Firoozzare, A., & Nazeri, Z. (2025). Moving towards novel and sustainable foods: Investigating consumers' intention to consume algae-based foods in a developing country. Appetite, 206 (206), 107801-107801.
Tirgari Seraji, M., Sabouhi Sabouni, M., & Shahnoushi Foroushani, N. (2025). Assessing the impact of nitrogen regulatory policies on fertilizer use and food production elasticity. Journal of Cleaner Production, 499 (), 145218-145230.
Sani Heidary, ., Daneshvar Kakhki, M., Sabouhi Sabouni, M., & Mohammadi, H. (2025). Investigating the Effects of Microcredit on Food Security of Rural Households: Evidence from Zehak County, Iran. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 27 (6), 1321-1336.
Mohammadi, H., Eydizadeh, S., Azam Rahmati, E., & Asadpour Galougahi, M. (2025). Analyzing the Competitiveness of Iran’s Food and Beverage Industries Using Porter’s Diamond Model. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 13 (5), 688-700.
Esfandiari, S., Firoozzare, A., & Ameri, A. (2025). Determining the best strategies to improve agricultural water productivity in arid and semi-arid regions: An ordinal priority approach. Journal of Arid Environments, 231 (231), 105458-105472.
Zarei, N., Sabouhi Sabouni, M., Daneshvar Kakhki, M., Shahnoushi Foroushani, N., & Rezvani Moghaddam, P. (2025). Investigation of the Dust Effect on the Technical Efficiency of Irrigated Wheat Production in Five Selected Provinces in Iran. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 14 (4), 11-111.
Esfandiari, S., Dehghani, M., Firoozzare, A., Pakook, S. (2025). Understanding consumer behavior in the choice of healthy food retail outlets: An examination of information types and the interplay between institutional trust and social recommendations. Economic Analysis and Policy, 86 (), 2070-2094.
Mousavi Khaledi, O., Firoozzare, A., Chamanehfar, S. (2025). Multi-model ensemble CMIP6 for prediction of climate changes: evidence from Asia. Environment Development and Sustainability, (), -.
Esfandiari, S., Firoozzare, A., Ameri, A. (2025). Safe implementation of semi-treated wastewater in agriculture: an I-OPA-BWM-WASPAS for developing countries. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 11 (6), -.
Esfandiari, S., Firoozzare, A. (2025). Farmers’ Safe Behavior of Using Wastewater for Irrigation: The Case of Northeast Iran. Water, 17 (16), 2485-2507.
Recent research projects
Contact Information
Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics
Phone: +985138804677-4739
Fax: +985138807146