Developing a Green Entrepreneurship Model in Agricultural Sector (Case Study: Kermanshah County)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Ph.D. Student of Future Studies, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

Green entrepreneurship is now recognized as an effective strategy for the socio-economic development of countries, and its development can play an important role in sustainable employment creation, reducing environmental problems, reducing illnesses caused by unhealthy food and fertilizing more agricultural land. The main purpose of the present research Developing a Green entrepreneurship model in agricultural sector (Case Study: Kermanshah County). This research is based on the Practical purpose and The overall approach is qualitative and Grunded Theory has been done. using Purpose foul and snowball sampling methods, Deep and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 experts from the field of agriculture and green entrepreneurship. The data from the interviews were analyzed through open, Axial and selective coding. Paradigm pattern of green entrepreneurship development from the causal conditions (scientific capacity of universities, strategic position of Kermanshah city, existence of environmental and natural factors, human resources, availability of agricultural equipment and alternative methods, presence of expert experts), factors of existence Export fields, globalization), interventional variables (development of technical and economic support issues, planning and policy development for the development of green entrepreneurship, stopping protection from chemical pesticide producers), strategies (promotion) And culture, training farmers, creating the ability to differentiate products, creating rules and regulations, and Letter-writing on the approval and sale of green products, the formation of associations, the integration of agricultural land) and the consequences (employment creation, human and environmental health, sustainable rural development, innovation and value creation, and fostering a generation Healthy children and adolescents) for the city of Kermanshah.

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