Improvement of the Investment in the Country’s Agriculture Sector based on Grounded Theory

Despite the expanded potential capacities of the agriculture sector, the producers and operators of this sector have limited competition ability especially in the area of trade development. This paper aims to propose a model to improve investment in the agriculture sector. This research is a qualitative study performed by grounded theory. The population includes the experts of the State Department of Natural Resources,Agricuiture Jahad Organization and several university professors of agriculture finance who were interviewed. Finally, 20 people were selected as the samples by purposive sampling. Data collection was done by semi-structured and The validity of this study was reviewed and confirmed by the interviews and then expert professors. The reliability of the Re-test Reliability method was used to assess. The reliability of the interviews conducted in the present study is 80%, thus the reliability of the coding is confirmed. Data analysis was done by Atlas.ti in three stages of open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. The findings suggest that improvement of investment in the agriculture sector involves several central categories including income level, Energy Consumption and Inflation Uncertainty. Regarding the causal, contextual, and intervening conditions, several strategies were developed and the final model was proposed based on the developed strategies.