Location selection of agricultural-residuals particleboard industry through group decision: The case study of northern Iran

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E Ec co on no om mi ic cs s, , MMa an na ag ge em me en nt t a an nd d S Su us st ta ai in na ab bi il li it ty y journal home page: http://jems.sciview.net Azizi, M., & Ramezanzadeh, M. (2016). Location selection of agricultural-residuals particleboard industry through group decision: The case study of northern Iran.Abstract: This paper presents a framework for locating agricultural-residuals particleboard industry in the northern provinces of Iran. Particleboard industry is the only Iranian wood and paper industry with an export potential and the use of agricultural residuals as the raw material can help with increasing the production in this industry, while reducing the damage to forest resources. The northern provinces of Iran are agricultural centers with ample amounts of agricultural residues. These provinces are, therefore, preferable to other provinces as the construction sites of particleboard plants. In the location selection model presented in this paper, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is used and the results indicate that the criterion of 'material and production' and the sub-criterion of 'reliability of supply' have the highest priorities, and that Golestan province is the best alternative.

A slack-based measure of agricultural efficiency in the European Union countries

“…Agriculture is one of the economic sectors that is under the permanent attention of policy-makers. The European Union agriculture is constantly undergoing structural changes that significantly affect its efficiency and productivity growth not only in agriculture itself but also in the economy as a whole (Azizi & Ramezanzadeh, 2016;Pawliczek et al, 2015;Nagyová et al, 2016;Remeikiene & Gaspareniene, 2017;Tamuliene, Raupeliene & Kazlauskiene, 2017;Termosа, 2017).…”