Identifying Actors Affecting The Sustainability of Micro-Businesses in The Agricultural Sector in Khuzestan Province

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting the stability of micro-businesses in the agricultural sector of the Khuzestan province. This research is applied; In terms of data collection was Non-experimental and correlational research. The statistical population was all micro-business managers were created after 2005 in Khuzestan province that agricultural credit has used, number to 14,000 units a business of agriculture. The sample size was calculated based on Cochran formula of 185 people. The main instrument for measuring variables, the questionnaire. To determine the validity, content validity method was used. Reliability of the instrument was established by calculating Cronbach's alpha for different parts of the questionnaire (0.86). Between size of business, number of years of activity, the number of people employed, the amount of initial capital, the current output value and sustainability of a business agriculture and there is a significant positive relationship. The results showed those four variables, the amount of investment, size of business, the value of current production and time business activity about 63.3 percent of variance to explain the factors affecting the sustainability.