Analysis of Socio-Cultural Obstacles for Dissemination of Nanotechnology from Agricultural Experts Perspective in Iran
Subject Areas : International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
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Keywords: Iran, Agricultural nanotechnology, Social and cultural obstacles, Public perception,
Abstract :
The main purpose of this research was to analyze Socio-Cultural obstacles of disseminating ofnanotechnology in Iran's agricultural section. One hundred twenty eight out of a total of 190researchers with different levels of expertise in and familiarity with nanotechnology wererandomly selected and questionnaires completed by them. Face validity have been done by expert'ssuggestion and correction, reliability by using Cronbach-Alpha formula. The results of a factoranalysis showed variation for different factors. For cultural factors 19/475 percent, formanagement 13/139 percent, information factor 11/277 percent, production factor 9/703 percent,social factor 9/267 percent, and for attitude factor it became 8/947 percent. Also results indicatedthat socio-cultural factors were the most important obstacle for nanotechnology dissemination inagricultural section in Iran.