“…Several industrial and non-industrial sectors affect the global economy and society ( Jafari et al, 2023 ). The Agri-food sector is critical in the world economy, especially in Iran, so according to the statistics approximately 26% of the non-oil exports, 17.7% of the country's employment (population working in the Agri-food sector equal to 4,629,645 people), and 84% of food consumption are provided by the Agri-food sector (Central Bank, 2019).…”