| Survey of Interaction Between the Agricultural Sector With Other Economic Sectors in Khorasan Provinces 
 Naser Shahnoushi
 Associate Professor of agricultural economics ferdowsiUniversity of Mashhad
 Fatemeh hayat gheibi
 PhD Student of agricultural economics of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
 Mahmood Daneshvar
 Professor of agricultural economics Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
 
 Abstract
 Considering the importance of agriculture for Iran economy and Khorasan provinces, present study has been done for investigating interaction and linkages between the agricultural sector with other economic sectors in Khorasan provinces. In order to do so, Khorasan Input-Output table for 1380 and hypothetical extraction method has been used. The results indicofe that two activities of agriculture (cultivation, horticulture sector and animal husbandry, aviculture, sericulture and apiculture sector) are key sectors and have great linkages with other economic sectors. In addition, these activities have stronger forward linkages with “Manufacture of food products and beverages, Manufacture of tobacco products”, “Manufacture of textiles” and “Restaurants”. Further, these have stronger backward linkages with “Road transport”, “Wholesale and retail trade; repair services” and “Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products”.
 
 JEL Classification: Q1, D57, C67
 
 Key words: Agricultural sector, Input-output table, backward and forward linkages, hypothetical extraction method
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