Rural and youth entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship in rural areas is mostly linked to growing and processing farm produce. The smallest form is the personal subsidiary plot: the family grows produce on its garden plot by its own labour, most of it goes to the family, and if the surplus is sold at the market this is entrepreneurship in substance too. The dehqon (household) farm is a family small commodity farm run on the family members’ personal labour on a plot given to the head of the family, with part of the produce meant for sale; it may operate with or without forming a legal entity and does not use permanent hired labour. The farm enterprise is an independent business unit producing goods on farmland leased for the long term (the textbook says up to 50 years; check the current law); it is a legal entity and may use family members and hired workers. The agrofirm processes and sells produce grown by farms, household farms and subsidiary plots and is organised as a legal entity. Processing farm produce adds value and income, which is why this field matters. When working with greenhouses, poultry or fertilisers and chemicals, safety rules are followed and young people do not do such work without adult supervision.