Agricultural entrepreneurship is one of the new solutions in development theories to achieve sustainable development. The agriculture sector is among the important sectors of the rural economy and prepares the ground for its development and growth. Agricultural development is the basis for investment, employment, and reduction of unemployment. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the effective factors on the development of agricultural entrepreneurship. The main objective of the current study was to identify and rank the factors that affect agricultural entrepreneurship development from the viewpoint of the farmers and experts. The current study was a descriptive-survey research in terms of the method and was an applied research in terms of the objective. The statistical population of the study included 60 exemplary farmers and agricultural experts among which 52 were chosen as the samples by the use of Cochran Formula. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by a group of experts. In order to determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha was used and the data were analyzed by the use of SPSS. The multiple-criteria decision-making method was also used for ranking the effective factors. Based on the results, the five factors as the environmental, social, economic, behavioral, and promotional factors have been effective in the development of the agricultural entrepreneurship. The economic factors have been the most effective factors in agricultural entrepreneurship, followed by behavioral, environmental, promotional, and social factors. Also, the following ranking of the general factors based on their effectiveness on the agricultural entrepreneurship has been provided.
