Saffron Agronomy and Technology

Saffron Agronomy and Technology

Modeling the Factors Affecting the Promotion of the Share of R&T Units in Iran Export Agriculture Product's Added Value: Case Study of Saffron and Barberry

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammad Ghorbani 1
saeed Shavvalpour 2
1 M.Sc. student, Department of Technology Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, School of progress engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
10.22048/jsat.2015.11901
Abstract
In this study we investigate the importance of agricultural sector research and technology organizations (RTO) in the national economic system. The main objective of the paper is to identify and rank the factors affecting the promotion of these RTOs share in saffron’s added value. Through the literature review we extracted all the relevant factors that have been mentioned by different researchers. Then, we classified these factors into six components: applied research, technology acquisition, commercialization, market development, industry’s internal factors and national macro factors. We used a Likert scale questionnaire to gather the data about the importance of each factor based on research and technology experts’ points of view. To analyze the data we utilized confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) methods using SPSS and smart PLS software packages. The results show that the most important factor affecting the share of agricultural RTOs in a products added value  is the promotion of industrial firms to invest in the field of agricultural research and development. Finally, according to the obtained results, some suggestions for improving research and technology have been provided.
Keywords
Agriculture
Innovation System
RTO
Value Added

Subjects

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Saffron Agronomy and Technology
Volume 3, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Winter 2016
Pages 273-283