Influential Factors on Rural Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Kashmar County

Entrepreneurship can be a solution to the majority of challenges in rural areas and has a positive impact on various aspects of rural life. Therefore, attention to rural entrepreneurship with an understanding of the effective variables on entrepreneurial foundations in rural areas is of great importance. In this article, the effective variables on entrepreneurial foundations in the districts of Kashmar County were identified and examined. The nature of this research was applied, its method was descriptive-analytical, and its type was survey. SPSS software and Mamdani fuzzy model were used for data analysis. Based on the results of the one-sample t-test, physical and environmental capital variable ranked first with an average score of 4.24, income status variable ranked second with an average score of 4.17, and new company formation variable ranked third with an average score of 4.11. The results indicated that by forming new entrepreneurial companies and increasing rural physical infrastructure, one can set the scene for strengthening the foundations of entrepreneurship in rural areas. Furthermore, the districts studied were ranked based on the effective variables on entrepreneurial foundations using the Mamdani fuzzy model. After determining the membership function, normalizing the data, and identifying the spectrum of importance, the top five districts were Bala-velayat, Payin- velayat, Barkouh, Barroud, and Takab, respectively.