One of the recommended strategies for reducing unemployment is establishing and activating production organizations and developing their entrepreneurial activities. The main problem in Iran is the nonexistence of the programs clear perspective in the field of employment in cooperatives. This research purpose is identifying strategies for developing entrepreneurship in agriculture cooperatives and their classification based on the current circumstance. This research is quantitative and applying. Statistical population is the active agriculture cooperatives managers in Khuzestan province. Data was collected by questionnaire. A panel of experts proved its validity and the reliability was calculated using Alpha Cronbach coefficient (0.70). Evaluating the entrepreneurship development strategies in the cooperatives, respondents believe that training and developing skills are the effective strategies for developing entrepreneurship in agricultural cooperatives. The existing cooperative structure does not provide needed motivation for entrepreneurship. According to interactions between cooperatives, taking patterns from other cooperative is a practical strategy to develop creative plans. Adopted strategies should be formed based on their accessibility level. Factor analysis show that educational - motivational, investing - innovative, supportive, partnership and infrastructure factors explain around 57.3 percent of the factors affecting the development of entrepreneurship in agriculture production cooperatives.
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