Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Imam Khomeini Higher Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Institute of Agricultural Education and Extension, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
4 Associate Professor, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The successful implementation of technology development projects in the agricultural sector, is strongly dependent on the technology and market readiness level. Although, until now, a huge collection of knowledge and technology has been presented by the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, as the largest custodian of research in the agriculture and natural resources sector of Iran, it has not been able to effectively direct some of its product research findings according to the needs of the market or commercialize its knowledge and technology into the market. According to the statistics provided by the Organization's Technology Affairs Office in 2019, out of about 1700 technologies produced in this organization, 190 technologies (11%), have been commercialized. Therefore, it is necessary that the status of the research achievements of this organization in terms of the degree of technology and market readiness to accept these technologies should be examined and diagnosed, and by eliminating or reducing the effect of the identified challenges, a comprehensive and strategic plan should be drawn. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to investigate the level of technological readiness and the level of market readiness of crop seed coating (phase 1 of cereals) as one of the research achievements of the organization in the field of agricultural sciences.
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