For determining the validity of questionnaire,
the face and content validity was used. Reliability for the instrument was estimated at 0.81. According to factor
analysis, the effective factors for the success of small farm operations were categorized into five groups that
those factors explained 68.953% of the total variance of the research variables. The results also indicated that
input supply, use and management practices, research, extension and education needs and marketing tools and
strategies had the most effects on the success of small farmers' operations, respectively