Factor Analysis of Agricultural Research problems in Iran

Agricultural Development needs applied technologies which have driven from scientific and need based studies. Most of these researches are done in Agricultural higher education institutions by Faculty members and graduated students. To improve the existence condition of agricultural researches, exploring of problems in this regard is inevitable. The purpose of this study was to explore the research problems in Iran. A descriptive- survey method with a researcher- made questionnaire as the research tool was used to gather the data. The target population of study was consisted of all the faculty members in the agricultural faculties who were lecturer and higher ranks. A sample of 270 members was selected by Randomized Multi-Stage Sampling method, based on Morgan & krejsi table. The validity of research tool was verified by a panel of experts in this regard. The reliability of questionnaire was obtained by calculating the cronbach alpha coefficient equals to 0.81 after conducting a pilot study. Data was analyzed by SPSS15/win and the explorative Factor Analysis result revealed that six factors explained 71% of total variance. These factors were:(1) supportive (2) managerial- policy (3) research requirements (4) research- community relationship (5) scientific communication and (6) motivation of researchers, respectively.