The main aim of the research was to attempt to better understand agripreneurship and agripreneurs’ characteristics in small-scale farming in Iraq. This involved researching the small-scale farm as an enterprise as well as focusing on a common farm enterprise: agricultural mechanization hire service enterprises. The nature of the research taken was primarily qualitative, based on three literature research and reviews as well as two series of key informant in-depth one-to-one interviews, and took a historical, exploratory and descriptive perspective, while taking an overall abductive research approach.The characteristics of agripreneurship and agripreneurs were identified along with historical and current contextual factors that have influenced and shaped agripreneurship and agripreneurs in Iraq. What emerged mainly was the strong community-based and social stance of agripreneurship and agripreneurs, the role of the public sector within agripreneurship and as an agripreneur, and the highly localized diversity of agripreneurship and agripreneurs and their uniqueness, this not only between the 18 provinces of Iraq but also within the 18 provinces of Iraq. Consequently more research is required on agripreneurship and agripreneurs in Iraq, but in particular focused at the local level of the 18 provinces of Iraq, so as to attempt to better ascertain the diversity and uniqueness of agripreneurship and agripreneurs.