globalization and it’s effects on iran agricultural sector (case study on wheat and pistachio)

the process of globalization is changing the world economically, politicaly, socially and culturally. globalization in the general sense is the greater integration of the national economies in the world and it is a much discussed phenomenon. greater integration has many effects on the structure of production in national economies, the roleof multinational corporation and foreign direct investment, consumer choice and other aspects of production and consumption in all trading economies. one particular effect of globalization has been to change profounding the nature of competition in markets for goods and services. there is no doubt the importance of agricultural sector in iran economy. it has very much capacity in production and to be able to supply to international market. result of study show that globalization didn’t have a clear effect on agricultural sector of iran for the 1974-97 period, because agricultural was a very small part of agricultural production and only a small part of trade was export. the estimated functions show that globalization has positive effect on wheat and pistachio markets. globalization can increase wheat production and pistachio export and can decrease wheat import. therefore, it is expected that globalization can create very good opportunity for agricultural sector of iran.