Agricultural Scientific – Applied Curriculum Logic with Entrepreneurial Approach in Iran

The purpose of this study is to determine entrepreneurship logic in agricultural curriculum through qualitative research method. In this research, a library study was conducted to access data and analyze entrepreneurship curricula by reviewing relevant documents in this area, along with semi-structured interviews. Sampling is purposeful. The snowball sampling method continues to reach the theoretical saturation. Which included 1 professor and speaker in agriculture, 2 curriculum specialist and 3 graduates of agricultural entrepreneurship and a total of 23 people; for analysis of data from interviews, Atlas-T software was used in three stages: open (concepts), Axis (Categories) and Selection (Selected Code). By analyzing 500 interviews in open planning stage, 36 concepts were obtained and at the planning stage, similar concepts and similar to the previous semantic meaning were divided into 7 major categories: 1- lack of government jobs 2- employment 3. creation of entrepreneurial insights 4 5. Potential farmers 5. Recent technological advances 6. The emphasis of internationally recognized universities and institutions 7. The needs of the agricultural community are classified as the main findings of this study. And finally, the main categories of a selective code entitled "Making Sustainable Employment and Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Development." The results of this study indicate that entrepreneurship development in agriculture is due to changing educational curriculum for agriculture and priority of policy makers in agricultural education.