Identifying the Development Drivers of Emerging green Technologies to Realize Sustainable Agriculture in Iran

Subject Areas : Sustainable production technologies

Akbar Foruzesh ¹ , Ahmadreza kasraee ² , Reza Dinpanah ³ , Mehdi Charmchian Langeruodi ⁴

1 - Department of Industrial Management, Information Technology and Technology, Faculty of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, Information Technology and Technology, Faculty of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
3 - Associated Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran
4 - Associated Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

Received: 2024-01-30 Accepted : 2024-03-19 Published : 2024-03-19

Keywords: emerging green technologies, driving factors, sustainable agriculture, exploratory factor analysis.,

Abstract :

In an era that has been exposed by growing environmental concerns and the urgent need to review the common methods of producing agricultural products and achieving sustainable agriculture, the use of "green technologies" has emerged as the final solution. The identification of factors driving the development of emerging green technologies to achieve sustainable agriculture was carried out. The type of descriptive-survey research and its statistical population were technology experts in the public and private sectors and users of emerging green technologies, 314 of them based on the table of Karjesi and Morgan by random sampling with proportional assignment. were investigated. The tool of data collection was a questionnaire, the validity of which was obtained by referring to experts in agricultural technologies, and the calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.931) confirmed its reliability.Data were classified by SPSS version 21 software and exploratory factor analysis technique. The results showed that seven factors include the realization of sustainable agriculture, increasing efficiency and productivity in production, improving the form and quality of agricultural products, optimal use of production factors and cost reduction, penetration of green technologies in the agricultural production system, development of technology culture and innovation. In the society and increasing public awareness of emerging green technologies, more than 75% of the total variance of the factors promoting the development of emerging green technologies to achieve sustainable agriculture are explained.