Factors Affecting Educational Requirements of Agricultural Biotechnology Development from the Viewpoint of the North and Northwest Research and Educational Centers, Iran Researchers

To succeed in the field of biotechnology, there is a need for trained human resources in all sectors. Comprehensive training is a prerequisite for the training of human resources. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting on the educational requirements of the agricultural biotechnology development from the viewpoint of agricultural researchers. The statistical population consisted of 421 researchers which worked in 14 agricultural research centers. The Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size. The sample size was 201, which increased to 216 researchers to reduce the error and also to cover the unanswered questionnaires. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire which its validity confirmed by Professors of Tehran University and the reliability of the variables was confirmed by a pre-test and ordinal coefficient theta (θ = 0.87) through R software. The results of the factor analysis showed that the factors affecting on educational requirements of agricultural biotechnology development can be classified in 6 groups. These were: the Policy making, Managerial, Researches, Extension, agricultural, and Consumable. These factors explained 49 percent of the total variance changes.