Journal of Entrepreneurial Strategies in Agriculture

     The overall goal of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas. The study population included all experts of Agriculture Jihad Organization of Kermanshah Proviance (N=197) that 130 of them were selected using Cochran’s formula. The main research tool Researcher made questionnaire which had been made by a group of experts and its validity and reliability had been coefficient using Spss according to Cronbach's alpha coefficient (91%). The Data in two descriptive and inferential statistics. Inferential statistics used in this study were Friedman nonparametric test and the average rating the results of this study showed that among the factors affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas there is a significant difference statistically; So that based on the view of respondents Environment Factors have the greate impact and Socid factors have the smallest impact on the development of agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas. The other Factors affecting the development of agricultural entrepreneurship include psychological, education and economics. According to the priorities of environmental factors, making appropriate laws and incentives for agricultural entrepreneurial activities and removing barriers such as obtaining permits and commissioning stages of entrepreneurial business, expanding and improving the possibility of living in the rural villages and making the vast possibilities available to villagers can provide the context of development of agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas.