Transcendental Methodology for New Agricultural Technology Adoption

Abstract

New agricultural technologies models could be adopted, if local situations are under consideration; because the perspectives of sustainability are focused on humans with philosophical as well as technical aspects simultaneously. The adoption models for new technologies could be transcendental models including three systems of human, environmental and theology. For this reason, a comparative analysis of modern technologies adoption models, were the main purpose of this study. Abadeh County in the cold and semi-dry region of Northern Fars province was the research area. A random sample of 360 farmers (189 adopters and 171 non-adopters) was selected randomly for data collection. Based on the results, multiplicity models have been presented as the most appropriate adoption model which could differentiate the adopter and non-adopter groups with higher prediction degree. Those multiplicity models would lead to human welfare and sustainable community if the adoption of agricultural technologies don`t destroy the nature nor leading to the neglect of the owner of universe as well as class gap increase of which make the poor people poorer and the rich ones become wealthier.

Keywords

• transcendental methodology
• agriculture modern technologies
• pressurized irrigation
• faras