Identifying the Barriers of Green Entrepreneurship Development in the Agricultural Sector of Kermanshah County

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Management and entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 M.SC. Student of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Agriculture, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Abstract

 Green entrepreneurship is the process of creating transformation in business and infrastructure, so based on environmental protection and observance standards, sustainable investment and economic development will improve. This research is descriptive-survey and the study population consisted of 380 individuals from all agricultural experts, experts' standards organization and industrial research in Kermanshah and members of the association of organic producers. According to Morgan-Krejcie table, 181 individuals of them were selected. The results of factor analysis indicate that about 54.349 percent of the variance in green entrepreneurship development barriers in agriculture of Kermanshah County is explained in order of significance in four factors: infrastructure barriers, economic barriers, technical barriers and educational - extension barriers. From experts' point of view, infrastructure barriers are the most important obstacle to the development of green entrepreneurship. Therefore, by modifying the regulations and organizational structure and moving towards organizational structures with the participation of experts and agricultural experts, the field of entrepreneurship behaviors can be provided by farmers.
 
JEL Classification: Q10, Q16, Q56

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