“…Income diversification for rural families is a key approach in that the income of agriculture alone does not suffice for the livelihood of most agricultural families and the income from diverse livelihood sources can be used for the family's welfare and for investment in crop production, which will, in turn, enhance the revenue of the agricultural activities (Bojnec and Knific, 2021;Savari and Moradi, 2022). The social, economic, and environmental developments in recent decades have deeply affected farmers' livelihood strategies, which has, in turn, influenced the agricultural sector profoundly (Savari et al, 2020;Shokati Amghani et al, 2022;Zhu et al, 2022), so farmers obviously have no way but to change to their livelihood strategies (Shivakoti and Schmidt-Vogt, 2008). In the last decades, many farmers in the world have resorted to different income choices to diversify their income sources as a means of avoiding risks, gaining social support, and above all, funding agricultural operations.…”