Designing a Sustainable Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development Model among Rural Women (Case Study: Kurdistan Province)

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       The aim of this study was to design the model of Sustainable Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development among rural women in Kurdistan. The statistical population of this study was all women entrepreneurs living in rural areas of Kurdistan province (Sanandaj, Marivan, Saghez and Baneh Township). These people have been active in the field of agriculture since 2011 to the end of 2017. 100 women (female entrepreneur) selected and collected using appropriate stratified random sampling method from among the women. The required information was obtained using Research tool. The tool used in this research is a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity has been formally (formal) and structural and its reliability has been confirmed using combination reliability. Data analysis was performed through correlation analysis and structural equation modeling using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The model evaluated in the study had acceptable fitness indices. Results showed that the results of modeling of structural equations, social components (γ = 0.438, t = 5.66), marketing (γ = 0.36, t = 3.41), policy making (γ = 0.336, t=4.88), individual - psychological (γ = 0.284, t = 3.7) and technical (γ = 0.231, t = 2.62) explained that about 62 percent of the variability of agricultural entrepreneurship capabilities and this variable (γ = 0.5555, t = 8.68) is a total of 40.2% of the variations in the Sustainable Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development in rural women studied.
 
 

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