African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Optimizing the acceleration of biotechnology innovation in government programs

Hadi Farid1*, Abu Daud Silong1, Ismi Arif Ismail1 and Saroje Kumar Sarkar2
  1Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 2Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 November 2011
  •  Published: 01 May 2012

Abstract

 

Science biotechnology has been attributed a superior platform in Malaysian government plan for wealth creation in the 9th Malaysian plan and policy of Malaysia’s science and technology in 21st century; it has been accepted and categorized as a complicated emerging issue to illustrate high prominence combined with restricted knowledge in environment. Researchers emphasize on the importance of biotechnology knowledge evaluation to shape people’s attitudes about technologies after acquirement of related information. Biotechnology industry has been developing dramatically all around the world since 30 years ago and it attempts to evolve technological and scientific information. Especially, developing countries struggling to fight against hunger via agricultural applications showed interest with this regard. Research on accelerating the rate of biotechnology innovation acceptance is necessary and useful to help the policy makers, researchers and biotechnology companies to ensure their effectiveness and growth.

 

Key words: Adoption, academic researchers, biotechnology companies, optimization, policy makers.