Assessing the Level of Sustainability in Agricultural Entrepreneurial Activities of Kermanshah Province

Subject Areas : Sustainable Development

Tahmineh Ehsanifar ¹ , Farahnaz Rostami ² , Nader Naderi ³ , شهاب خوش خوی ⁴

1 - M.Sc, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University
2 - - Assistant Prof, Faculty of Agriculture, Razi University
3 - M.Sc, in Agronomy and Plant Breeding of science and technology Park of Kermanshah
4 - معاون پارک علم وفناوری کرمانشاه

Received: 2017-04-06 Accepted : 2017-05-28 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Sustainable development, sustainable entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activities, Sustainable Agriculture,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Examining and identifying the conditions and bottlenecks in the sustainable development of entrepreneurial units are one of the most important issues of today’s planning and policy on entrepreneurial business. According to this point this study aimed to investigate the level of sustainability in agricultural entrepreneurial activities in Kermanshah province. Method: This research is an applied and descriptive-survey way of doing it. In order to collect the required data, the two methods of documentary and field (questionnaire) were used. Content validity was evaluated, approved and modified by a group of experts and professors from the Razi University in Kermanshah Department of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship. The validity coefficient for agricultural entrepreneurs and experts questionnaires were calculated, 0.72 and 0.82, respectively. Discussion and Conclusions: The analysis level of entrepreneurial research activity and Analysis Unit and agricultural entrepreneur’s analysis unit was 72 and professionals was 27. To analyze the data, the statistical method and pattern ISDM is used. The results show that the development of entrepreneurial activities in agricultural activities is relatively in a stable level and among the investigated dimensions, economic and social dimensions had the best and the worst stability respectively.

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