Investigating the Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship Development with a view to Improving Agricultural Entrepreneurship

     Today, entrepreneurship has become the most strategic and important economic tool for advanced societies. Economic growth and development are due to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial activities. Therefore, entrepreneurial development is essential to achieving economic growth and development. The agricultural sector, which is known as the core of development, can be helpful and effective in promoting entrepreneurship. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting entrepreneurship development in developing and developed countries. For this purpose, information and data of 11 developed and 11 developing countries were used during the period 2004 to 2016 and the panel approach and fixed effects were applied to estimate the model. The results of the model estimation showed that human development and Heritage Foundation's economic freedom index variables have a negative effect on developing countries and positive effect on entrepreneurship development in developed countries. Therefore, economic freedom plays an important role in the development of entrepreneurship, and free economic zone improves business space and entrepreneurship development. Therefore, the implementation of the 44 Policies of the constitution and privatization in the country should focus on reducing government involvement and promoting indicators of economic freedom and confidence in market forces in the country's development plans. The government can also promote entrepreneurship by investing in agricultural infrastructure, creating specialized agricultural complexes, applying incentive policies such as tax deductions or eliminating taxes for agricultural investors.