Science and technology parks have been a major driver of both the commercialization of agricultural innovation and the financial success of many farm and agribusiness firms. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to explain the factors affecting commercialization of agricultural innovation in Kermanshah Science and Technology Park. The experts of this center were sampled by the census me...

This paper argues that the largely unrealized potential of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in promoting growth and poverty reduction in developing countries results from deeply rooted incompatibility among policy environments, institutional arrangements, and micro conditions and behavior in agricultural research and development (R&D). Achieving growth and poverty reduction based on gr...

an investigation of science and technology parks in technology development in different countries show a positive impact on development is technology. factors influencing on the development of technology parks can be considerable help in the creation of parks may be appropriate.the study purpose is identified strategies for improving agricultural technology development in science and technology...

Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Julian Alston is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, and associate director, Science and Technology, at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. Bruce Babcock is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Agricultu...

The changing context for agricultural development has highlighted a strong need to understand and adoptinnovation systems thinking. Science, technology and innovation policy has equated rural development toagricultural development. The main objective of this paper was to examine the role of innovation capacity inagricultural sector. With the growing diversification of rural livelihood options i...

1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 2 Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada 3 School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom 4 Statistical Genomics Lab, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong...