Analysis of the Status of Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Macro and Sectorial Agricultural Policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

Currently, according to the various challenges of sustainable agriculture development principles such as competitive market, new technologies, and environment protection, developing sustainable entrepreneurship in agriculture sector is introduced as a key and an effective strategy to achieve agricultural sustainability. For this purpose, it is essential to provide appropriate policies on economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The current study aimed at analyzing the status of dimensions and elements of sustainable entrepreneurship in macro and sectorial agricultural policies of Islamic Republic of Iran. Content analysis research method was used to analyze the policies. Hierarchical additive weighting method (HAW) and the Shannon entropy weighting method were used to prioritize the 5-year development plan. The results showed that the entrepreneurship term was used in the Islamic Republic of Iran policy documents from the second development plan. But, sustainable entrepreneurship term is not used yet. Therefore, the sustainable entrepreneurship thought should be entered into the national policy. Due to entering the sustainability and entrepreneurial thought, and the terms related to the components of sustainable entrepreneurship in the policy documents of I.R.I, there is no obstacle to enter sustainable entrepreneurship thought in macro and sectorial policies including the constitutional law and Iran outlook 1404 and its policies, and 5 year development plans. According to the status of importance of sustainable entrepreneurship dimensions in 5 year development plan documents, the second plan is in first priority and then there are first, fifth, forth, and third plans.