The pattern of institutional and technological coevolution,Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping approach (Case Study: Haluculture in Iran)

Considering the importance of developing salinity plant technology and domestication of non-native halophytes in Iran, based on coevolutionary approach to technology and institutional arrangements, this article tries to respond the question why this technology has remained at the laboratory level? In order to explain the reasons for the lack of optimal development of this field of technology using the mixed exploratory method, the literature and some empirical studies related to the research topic, were reviewed and structures of the patterns of technology and institutional arrangements coevolution were determined. Then using fuzzy cognitive map method, effective factors and evolutionary pathways were described. This research shows that, academic researchers, institutional entrepreneurs and intermediary institutions have been more effective than any other institution in all of them. In this coevolutionary pattern, three different paths can be identified that in some cases there are weak connections between them. Weak connections between supply and demand side paths ,is one of the reasons for the failure of the development of plant technology is salinity which is mainly due to the lack of technology-related governing body in the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture and ignoring evolutionary patterns by researchers and institutional entrepreneurs .consequently lack of appropriate supportive institutions.