Investigating the dimensions and components of the agricultural research commercialization ecosystem

Global crises have turned the development of the national economy into a fundamental problem. One of the ways to achieve economic development is to improve the commercialization mechanisms of scientific research. By looking at the performance of agricultural researches in the past years, it can be seen that, contrary to the existing capabilities in technology development, many of them have failed in the commercialization of technology. The purpose of this research was to design a model for the commercialization of research findings of agricultural research institutes in the form of a strategic model. The current research is a part of descriptive-survey research in terms of practical purpose and in terms of implementation method, and in terms of qualitative data collection. The statistical population of this research was the academic faculty members of the country's agricultural and commercial research institutes in the field of commercialization. Sampling was followed by the snowball method until theoretical saturation, which included a total of 16 experts. In this research, a semi-structured interview was used as a data collection tool and an approach based on database theory and ATLAS.ti 8 software was used. According to the research findings in the qualitative part, 212 codes were identified in the form of 24 categories, which were placed in the form of causal conditions, background conditions, intervening factors, strategies and consequences. The findings of the research showed that management, laws and regulations, foresight and infrastructure development are the most important factors in the commercialization of research projects.