Journal of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Agriculture

   Nowadays, considering the huge unprecedented growth of the villages in developing countries, followed by the advent of many problems, some researchers proposed that development plans should be based on the emphasis on strengthening the villages, because they are the center of production and value-creation in any country. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to develop strategies for the development of sustainable employment in rural areas of Delfan County. The research tool was a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study included experts and managers of agricultural jihad in Delfan County. Considering the weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats mentioned, the results showed that if the conditions are ready, there will be a stable employment in the rural areas of Delfan County. Because among the internal factors, the most important strengths and weaknesses, respectively, are "the possibility of developing warm-water fish ponds and fisheries development in some villages" and "the lack of public acceptance of institutional and governmental organizations and the weakness of people's participation in development projects" and Among the external factors, the most important opportunity and threat include "providing subsidies and low-interest facilities by agricultural Jihad for agricultural mechanization" and "reducing the security rate of policy-making towards employment development and rural industrialization". Also, the results of SWOT matrix strategies' prioritization showed that the strategy of diversity with the highest score is the most appropriate strategy to provide solutions to create sustainable employment in Delfan County. In addition, the study found that 13 strategies of sustainable employment development were designed in rural areas that could help policy-makers and rural development planners to help.

Extended Abstract
Introduction and Objective: Villages play an undeniable role in economic, socio-political growth in the social and demographic system of countries and agriculture as a strategy for rural development includes most of the economic activities of villagers. Currently, the phenomenon of sustainable employment in rural communities is more important than before because sustainable job development among villagers is an important strategy that can improve the rural development process. Therefore, only by increasing employment in rural areas can the phenomenon of migration be prevented because agricultural resources alone will not meet their needs. The depopulation of villages can be a major threat to the food security of the community. In this way the aim of this study was to design sustainable employment mechanisms among tobacco farmers.
Material and Methods: In this study, the qualitative paradigm and grounded theory of the foundation were used to identify the mechanisms of sustainable employment. Participants in this study included 18 tobacco farmers with more than 10 years of experience in Dashtestan. The samples were selected using snowball sampling method and the criterion for the number of subjects was theoretical saturation. The method of collecting information extracted from the interview participants was semi-structured.
Result: The results of the collected data revealed 48 main challenges among tobacco farmers. Factors of lack of support and purchase of the product at a reasonable price by the city tobacco department, the occurrence of numerous pests, lack of support for domestic production and increase in imports, lack of government support for the agricultural sector, high cost of buying agricultural inputs in the open market and brokers are the most important problems. He was a tobacconist. Factors extracted in 7 economic and support mechanisms (13 factors), agriculture and environment (9 factors), marketing (9 factors), industrialization (4 factors), education and skills (3 factors), policy (6 factors) and motivational (4 factors) were categorized and analyzed. Finally, the mechanisms were placed in the form of Strauss and Corbin models based on their nature.
Conclusion: In general, the results of this research can provide new insights for rural and agricultural development policy makers because all issues and problems of tobacco workers' employment have been identified and with careful planning can help to stabilize them. In this regard, it is suggested that by holding training courses and workshops, they provide the ground for the development of cultivation of this crop among farmers based on scientific and precise principles.