ISSN 2736-1624
Frontiers of Agriculture and Food Technology Vol. 1 (3), pp. 025-029, March, 2013. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Limiting Factors of marketing biotechnologies and Nanotechnologies in the agricultural sector of Iran
Moein Bozorgi and Keyvan Khukhan
Department of Agricultural Development, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O.BOX 79085, Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 10 February, 2013
Abstract
The major purpose of this study was to determine challenges in commercialization of nano and biotechnologies in agicultural sector of Iran. The total population for this study was 50 participants who attended a workshop on commercialization of nano and biotechnologies in agriculture at biotech 2010 exhibition in Tehran. The results showed that the social and cultural challenges caused 39% of variance on the perception of the respondents about challenges influencing the commercialization of nano and biotechnologies in agricultural sector of Iran. The commercialization of nano and biotechnologies in Iran faces challenges and obstacles and require location-specific approaches.
Key words: Commercialization, challenges, agriculture sector, Iran, nanotechnologies, biotechnologies.