Evaluation of the Entrepreneurial Ability of Small-Scale Farmers through the Rasch–Andrich Model
Carlos Alberto Cortés Rodríguez; Gladys Martínez Gómez; José Luis Romo Lozano; Ezequiel Arvizu Barrón; David Andrich
Entrepreneurial skills are fundamental to the success of agricultural production units. Since small-scale farmers have developed production skills but not market-oriented skills, it is necessary to assess their entrepreneurial skills to provide a reference for sustainable community development plans. The objective was to evaluate the entrepreneurial ability of small-scale farmers in San Pablo Huixtepec, Oaxaca, using the Rasch–Andrich rating scale, a psychometric model that makes it possible to obtain measurements with a certain degree of precision. A survey was conducted among 45 small-scale farmers to collect the characteristics of their production unit, the characteristics of the small-scale farmers, and to determine their entrepreneurial skills (17 items). The data were processed using Winsteps software. Item 14 “I easily market what I produce” was eliminated because it did not contr...
Carlos Alberto Cortés Rodríguez, Gladys Martínez Gómez, José Luis Romo Lozano, Ezequiel Arvizu Barrón, & David Andrich (2023). Evaluation of the Entrepreneurial Ability of Small-Scale Farmers through the Rasch–Andrich Model. Agriculture, 13(3), 721-721. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030721