Factors Influencing Success in Policies of Technology Transfer from Government to Farming Sectors
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The purpose of this research was to study factors influencing the success in policies of technology transfer from the state sector to farmers. This study was quantitative research with the use of a questionnaire to collect data from 1,189 farmers. The collected data were analyzed with stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that there were five factor elements with the total of 15 influential factors that could predict the success in technology transfer policies by 62.30%. These factor elements including their factors were the following: (1) the organization element including one factor, i.e. the decisions, operations, and evaluation based on the cooperation of organizational personnel; (2) the policy of the state sector work agency element including three factors, i.e. having the practice in compliance with the policy in order to have the transfer of technology to the farmers; having the personnel with sufficient potential for operation based on the policy; and the adequate support and assistance to farmers after they have received the transfer of technology for their operations; (3) the technology transferor element including four factors, i.e. being able to understand problems and the needs of farmers in order to apply them in the transfer of technology; having positive attitude toward and understanding of the transferees’ needs; having language skills and ability to use media for efficient transfer; and having reliable knowledge and maturity accepted by transferees; (4) the transferee element including three factors, i.e. having sufficient basic knowledge for receiving the technology transfer in order to participate in the technology transfer activities; having positive attitude towards transfer acceptance and application of technology for their own farming work development; and being able to apply the transferred technology for their own and the networks’ farming; and (5) the process and technology used in the transfer element including four factors, i.e. the transferred model and technology having operating procedures that are easy to understand and not complex; the procedures and technology transfer activities being appropriate for the farmers; the technology being appropriate for transfer and being able to help increase productivity efficiently; and the transferred technology having methods for easily fixing and maintenance.
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