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Vermicomposting, or using worms along with bacteria
and fungi to recycle agricultural
and organic wastes into nutrient-rich bio-fertilize
r, has a variety of uses including
protecting plants from disease. Through semi-struct
ured in-person interviews,
vermicompost practitioners across Kermanshah Provin
ce of Iran were surveyed to
determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats (SWOT) of this emerging
technology. The results provide useful implications
for agricultural policymakers in
general, and, in particular, for farmers who are se
eking diversified sources of income. For
both vermicompost practitioners and academicians al
ike, the SWOT analysis
methodology combined with Analytic Network Process
(ANP) analysis has implications
for other types of agribusiness.
Keywords:
SWOT analysis,
ANP analysis, Income diversification, Vermicompost
agribusiness. |
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