Babaei et al., Int. J. Rev. Life. Sci., 5(2), 2015, 15-18 ©JK Welfare & Pharmascope Foundation | International Journal of Review in Life Sciences 15 Identify of Affecting Obstacles on Entrepreneurship Development in the Greenhouse in Varamin Township Mohammad Babaei 1 *, Farhad Lashgarara 2 1, 2 Department of Agricultural Extension, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran ABSTRACT A good option to optimum utilize of agricultural production and marketing, making the competitiveness in agricul- ture sector and an being active presence in global markets is development of greenhouse operation which this issue requires a good understanding of the major obstacles to effective entrepreneurship development in these units. This study examines the barriers affecting entrepreneurship development from the perspective of green- house owners in Varamin city. This is an applied study and its method is correlation and main research tool is questionnaire. The statistical population of the study is all greenhouse owners of Varamin city (N=450) which ac- cording to Cochran formula, 180 subjects using simple random sampling method were selected. Data were ana- lyzed using the SPSS17 software. In order to identify the obstacles to the development of entrepreneurship from the perspective of greenhouse owners in Varamin city, exploratory factor analysis was used. Results showed that nine factors including economic, political, cultural, finances, marketing, psychological, social, technical and training factors explained about 71.7% of variance obstacles of entrepreneurship development. Keywords Obstacles; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Development; Greenhouse Owners; Varamin. INTRODUCTION Good option to optimum utilize of agricultural produc- tion and marketing, making the competitiveness in agriculture sector and an being active presence in global markets is development of greenhouse opera- tion which this issue requires a good understanding of the major obstacles to effective entrepreneurship de- velopment in these units (Daneshvar,2005). Develop- ment of greenhouse units to make the agricultural sec- tor competitive and its development can be very useful indeed (Ghonchi et al., 2011). However, the develop- ment of greenhouse production occurs when it is en- trepreneurial in nature. But the development of entre- preneurial activities in the greenhouse production units and the use of existing capacity to develop greenhouse cultivation require a good understanding of the constraints affecting the entrepreneurship di- mensions of these units (Rahmani et al., 2011). However, in most of the world, a lot of researches on barriers affecting entrepreneurship behavior have been conducted, but in Iran, not enough attention is paid to this issue. The situation in the entrepreneurial activities of agricultural sector is much more pro- nounced. Alidoust et al (2012) have classified three categories of barriers to entrepreneurship, including cultural barri- ers, social barriers and economic barriers. Based on the results, Ali Mirzaei et al (2011) classified agreed-upon inhibitors in the following four factors: manufacturing, marketing, category management and policy making that a total of 53.94% of the total vari- ance was explained by the variables. In a study entitled "Analysis of inhibiting factors in the development of greenhouse units, case study: Varamin city", Ghonchi et.al (2010) found that parameters such as economic factors, engineering and technology, pro- fessional and individual and infrastructural and sup- portive characteristics of the government are the ma- jor factors inhibiting the development of these green- house units. In a study done by Nawaser et al (2011) over 1,840 people from the work force in Finland, it indicates that evidence in the literature suggests that government regulation not only does not provide the right context to productive and entrepreneurial activities, but also these rules acts as an obstacle to the development of entrepreneurship and as a result lack of the growth and development of the economy. Juhany (2010) also introduces cases such as lack of trained manpower and lack of effective managers, lack of equipment and technologies, limitations in qualita- tive data and studying weaknesses are the issues facing the UAE entrepreneurs. Also, research results of Tambunan (2009) in Indonesia suggest that lack of capital, high input prices, high la- bor costs, lack of appropriate technology and lack of * Corresponding Author Farhad Lashgarara flashgarara@yahoo.com www.ijrls.pharmascope.org ISSN 2231-2935 Research Article