Agricultural production cooperatives, entrepreneurship and education in Iran

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%)