Entrepreneurship Development Barriers in Isfahan Province Agricultural Engineering, Technical and Consulting Companies: Members' viewpoints

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Abstract*
While Agricultural engineering, technical and consulting companies have been purposed as a
mechanism for developing agriculture sector and increasing employment opportunities for
agricultural graduates; providing sustainable qualitative services for farmers and income for
their members is dependent on their competitiveness and so developing entrepreneurship in
them. Thus, this study was conducted to examine the entrepreneurship development barriers in
Isfahan province Agricultural engineering, technical and consulting companies. Using a two-
stage sampling method, 102 people were selected from 500 organization members. Data was
collected through a questionnaire the validity of which was confirmed by a panel of experts. The
reliability of the study was assessed through Cronbach’s-Alpha which was 0.89. Findings
revealed that, the instability in policies on agricultural sector, loan taking out cumbersome laws,
lack of capital and cash flow, lack of security for investing in agricultural sector and lack of
attention to agriculture sector by government were most important variables. Factor analysis
categorized the examined variables in seven factors including: educational, business
environment, zoning problems, agricultural specific barriers, monitoring organizations’
obstacles and problems related to members’ factors.

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