Analyzing the Factors affecting on Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas (Case Study; Damankoh District in Esfarayn County)

Nowadays, Agricultural Entrepreneurship is one of the most important strategies ways of rural development. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors affecting entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector of rural areas. Considering the purpose, this research is an applied one, and in nature, it is a descriptive-analytic type. Data and information were gathered by means of library and field method and for data analysis; factor analysis was used in an exploratory manner. The rural area, which was under the study, consists of 15 villages, and due to the low number of villages, all villages have been studied. The statistical population of the study has been 987 benefactor farmers, Which 276 benefactors were selected by using Cochran formula as the sample size. The validity of the items was confirmed by the experts and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach,s alpha at a rate of 0.712. The results of the factor analysis test show that among the known seven factors the most effective factor in terms of agricultural entrepreneurship in the study area is the economic factor with a special value of 5/731, which accounts for 12.831% of the total variance by itself. The least impact is related to the factor of access to physical infrastructure with the special value of 1,445 that is accounted for 5.412% of the total variance.