his study was carried out to identify and analyze factors that contribute to small farmers’
empowerment to success in their operations from lorestan Province, Iran. A sample of 220 small farmers were
randomly selected through multistage cluster sampling technique. This study is a kind of descriptive-correlation
research which has been accomplished through questionnaire. 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.