University of Tehran Press Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 52 3 2021 09 23 A study on the entrepreneurial activity of rural women, empesizing on household food security in Khorramabad Conty A study on the entrepreneurial activity of rural women, empesizing on household food security in Khorramabad Conty 489 505 81812 10.22059/ijaedr.2021.295835.668870 FA Fatemeh Maleki Fard MSc. Department of agricultural economics and rural development, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran Rezvan Ghanbari Assistant Professor., Department of agricultural economics and rural development, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran Saeed Gholamrezai Associate Prof., Department of agricultural economics and rural development, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran Mohammad Reza Pakravan Charvadeh Assistant Professor., Department of agricultural economics and rural development, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran Journal Article 2020 01 13 Food security is introduced as a global indicator of the welfare level of households worldwide, ‎especially in developing countries. Also, income extracted from the entrepreneur of women in ‎the rural area affects the total income of the household and their access to high-quality foods based on ‎their preferences. In this study, the association ‎between food security and the entrepreneur of women was investigated in the rural area in ‎Khorramabad county in 2019-2020. Data ‎were collected via face-to-face interview and the status of food security was assessed by using ‎Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The results showed that about 23.6% of ‎households were food secure while 13.9%, 23.8% and 38.7% of them were marginal, moderate ‎and severe food insecure, respectively. Also, about 79% of households who have an ‎entrepreneural woman faced food insecurity, while about 73.9 of those who don't have faced ‎food insecurity. The results showed that the probability of being food secure in ‎households with a female entrepreneurial member who is activated in agricultural production and ‎handicraft activities was higher than that of conversion and service industries. The results of ‎the logistic regression model showed that some factors including the background of ‎entrepreneurship activity, household income, entrepreneural income, occupation of head of ‎household and personla saving were directly associated with food security. While distance from ‎the central market was inversely associated with food security. So, distributing inexpensive raw ‎materials, providing subsidized inputs, improving job opportunities, holding educational classes, ‎providing low-interest facilities for economic empowerment and stimulating productive activity ‎for entrepreneurial households was suggested.‎ Food security is introduced as a global indicator of the welfare level of households worldwide, ‎especially in developing countries. Also, income extracted from the entrepreneur of women in ‎the rural area affects the total income of the household and their access to high-quality foods based on ‎their preferences. In this study, the association ‎between food security and the entrepreneur of women was investigated in the rural area in ‎Khorramabad county in 2019-2020. Data ‎were collected via face-to-face interview and the status of food security was assessed by using ‎Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The results showed that about 23.6% of ‎households were food secure while 13.9%, 23.8% and 38.7% of them were marginal, moderate ‎and severe food insecure, respectively. Also, about 79% of households who have an ‎entrepreneural woman faced food insecurity, while about 73.9 of those who don't have faced ‎food insecurity. The results showed that the probability of being food secure in ‎households with a female entrepreneurial member who is activated in agricultural production and ‎handicraft activities was higher than that of conversion and service industries. The results of ‎the logistic regression model showed that some factors including the background of ‎entrepreneurship activity, household income, entrepreneural income, occupation of head of ‎household and personla saving were directly associated with food security. While distance from ‎the central market was inversely associated with food security. So, distributing inexpensive raw ‎materials, providing subsidized inputs, improving job opportunities, holding educational classes, ‎providing low-interest facilities for economic empowerment and stimulating productive activity ‎for entrepreneurial households was suggested.‎ https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_81812_3d77d4dd5c2ef2319a7566eb08235f82.pdf