Assessment the Functional Gap of Nanotechnological Innovation System in the Agricultural Sector of Iran

سال انتشار: 1396
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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IRAMOT10_021

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 1 مرداد 1397

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Nature and rate of technological change is defined inside technological innovation system, a conceptdeveloped out of Innovation System approach. The main purpose of this study was to assessment thefunctional gap of nanotechnological innovation system of Iranian agriculture by investigating current stateof hard and soft institutions regarding functions of the system. This study consisted of two qualitative andquantitative phases. In the qualitative part, a thematic content analysis was used to compare the currentand desired states of high level laws and documents. The quantitative phase was a descriptive survey. Inthe quantitative phase, the statistical population consisted of active researchers in the field ofnanotechnology from agricultural national research institutes and centers, agricultural colleges andknowledge-based companies. Using Krejcie and Morgan’s table and stratified random sampling, 405participants were selected. After ranking functions of the system based on their importance, current anddesired functional state of hard institutions were compared through paired t-test. In the qualitative phase,current state of nanotechnological innovation in agricultural (NTIA) system was investigated in terms offunctions of soft institutions (23 high level documents and laws related to nanotechnology) usingATLAS.ti software. Results showed that the functional gap between soft and hard institutions of theinnovation system was very deep. This trend indicated that the capacities of various operators of NTIAsystem were not fully been used to advance nanotechnology applications in agriculture.

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نویسندگان

Rohallah Maghab

PhD in agricultural development

Mahdei Naderi

Associate professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran

Karim Mohammadi

Assistant Professor, Department of technology management, University of Tehran