Abstract
Training is one of the components affecting the human resource development in a society. It is an effective component for developing entrepreneurship in agricultural production cooperatives. This study purpose is evaluating and classifying the needed trainings in agricultural production cooperatives to develop entrepreneurship. This study is descriptive and applicatory. Statistical population included 492 managing directors of active agricultural production cooperatives of Khuzestan province, of which 101 cooperatives were selected by sampling. Questionnaire was the data collection instrument, which its validity and reliability were proved using a panel of experts and Cornbach's alpha coefficient (0.82), respectively. Results show that five factors groups clarify about 83.99 of the training needed for the development of entrepreneurship in the Khuzestan agricultural cooperatives. These factors include Regulation training (23.42%), risk management training (21.46%), creativity training (18.57%), marketing training (12.83%), training for registering ideas, and moral ownership (7.68%). Key words: Training, entrepreneurship, agricultural production cooperative.
Highlights
Rapid growth of the world’s population coupled with rising unemployment has contributed to a large gap among different income groups, and an increase in socioeconomic problems
Training is one of the components affecting the human resource development in a society. It is an effective component for developing entrepreneurship in agricultural production cooperatives
Results show that five factors groups clarify about 83.99 of the training needed for the development of entrepreneurship in the Khuzestan agricultural cooperatives
Summary
Rapid growth of the world’s population coupled with rising unemployment has contributed to a large gap among different income groups, and an increase in socioeconomic problems. Lack of business opportunities and insufficient income among rural areas have encouraged developing countries to consider new strategies such as creating job opportunities and enhancing rural livelihood. To meet this challenge, entrepreneurship strategy as a new paradigm has been proposed by many countries. The development of entrepreneurial activities in agricultural production cooperatives is important role in creating employment and production in rural areas. Providing appropriate training to members of agricultural production cooperatives can be the starting point of the entrepreneurship development programs. This study purpose is identifying, classifying, and prioritizing the effective methods for entrepreneurship development training in Khuzestan’s agricultural production cooperatives
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