The Effect of Research and Development (Domestic and Spillovers) and Human Capital of Agriculture Sector on Poverty in Rural Areas in Iran

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

Abofazl Shahabadi ¹ (دانشیار گروه اقتصاد، دانشکده اقتصاد و علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه بوعلی‌سینا، همدان، ایران)
Fariba Mehri Telyani ² (کارشناس ارشد علوم اقتصادی، دانشکده اقتصاد و علوم اجتماعی، دانشگاه بوعلی‌سینا، همدان، ایران)

Received: 2015-10-30 Accepted : 2017-04-20 Published : 2017-03-21

Keywords: Human Capital, Rural poverty, Domestic research and development, R&D Spillover,

Abstract :

study on rural issues has high importance with regard to the establishment 25/9 percent of the population in the rural areas and important their roles in providing food security, the production of raw materials, increasing added value and employment and reduction of poverty. Also, due to the employment of most rural people in agricultural activities, one of the factors affectingreduction rural poverty is the added value of the agricultural sector by increasing R&D domestic and spillovers. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of the stock of domestic and spillovers research and the development (R&D spillovers from import channel) agricultural sector on poverty in rural areas Iran from 1971 to 2011. This Analytical -Descriptive research applies conventional means to estimate econometric equation rural poverty. The results show that there is one percent increase in the interplay of human capital employed with the accumulation of domestic R & D research and expenditure development is leaded to reduce the amount of 1/73 percent and one percent increase in the interaction of human capital employed with the accumulation of external research and development expenditure is leaded to increase the amount of 3/36 percent in rural relative poverty. Regarding the position of the research and development activities and human capital employed in the technology evolution and reducing the poverty in rural areas, it is necessary to expand human capital through the coordination between macroeconomic policy and motivation in private sector activists to develop market research and development of the agricultural sector. Through import of inputs and intermediate goods in agriculture sector and correct selection trade, we can seee an increase in attraction spillovers research and development trade partners.

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