Analysis of Socio-Cultural Obstacles for Dissemination of Nanotechnology from Agricultural Experts Perspective in Iran

The main purpose of this research was to analyze Socio-Cultural obstacles of disseminating of nanotechnology in Iranʹs agricultural section. One hundred twenty eight out of a total of 190 researchers with different levels of expertise in and familiarity with nanotechnology were randomly selected and questionnaires completed by them. Face validity have been done by expertʹs suggestion and correction, reliability by using Cronbach-Alpha formula. The results of a factor analysis showed variation for different factors. For cultural factors 19/475 percent, for management 13/139 percent, information factor 11/277 percent, production factor 9/703 percent, social factor 9/267 percent, and for attitude factor it became 8/947 percent. Also results indicated that socio-cultural factors were the most important obstacle for nanotechnology dissemination in agricultural section in Iran.