Identifying and Explaining Obstacles Affecting Development of Agricultural Technological Innovation System

The purpose of this study was identifying and explaining obstacles affecting the development of the agricultural technological innovation system. This research paradigm was mixed method with qualitative to quantitative data connection approach. The statistical sample of the qualitative section, consisted key members of the Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Committees of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad (35 person) which 14 person were interviewed using purposive sampling technique, and researchers and experts of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Committees of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad comprised the population of quantitative section of research (117 person), which were all enumerated. To achieve the reliability and validity of qualitative section of research, triangulation technique were used. Cronbach's alpha test, opinions of subject experts and goodness of fit indicators were used at the quantitative section. Consequently, 30 subsidiary elements discovered from qualitative section of research using Atlas.ti5.2 software. Finally, at the quantitative section of research by using SPSS and LISREL, the total variance explaining by the identified factors summarized, measured and verified. The results showed that 84.94 percent of the total variance of obstacles affecting the development of agricultural technological innovation system could be explained by seven factors.