Factors Affecting the Development of Agricultural Entrepreneurship for Rural Development (Case Study: Kermanshah Township)

The main objective of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship in Kermanshah. This research is applied in terms of the purpose of the paradigm in the qualitative research group. For analysis of the data, the inductive content analysis method was used. The required information was collected through semi-structured interviews. The statistical population of the present study was faculty members of the Faculty of Agriculture of Razi University and entrepreneurs of the agricultural sector. Targeted sampling was used to select the participants and finally the theoretical saturation was performed after ten interviews. To verify the reliability of the findings, the method of reviewing the participants and experts as well as collecting and analyzing data simultaneously was used. By analyzing the content of the text, an interview was conducted on 52 codes indicating the factors affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship. The complete list of codes, classified according to conceptual relation, is grouped into six subject categories including Natural resources; financialsupporting capital; characteristics and culture of entrepreneurship; support and training; rules, regulations and policies and infrastructure factors.