Measurement and comparison of different dimensions of renewable energy policy implementation in the agricultural sector

Multi-criteria analysis; Policy implementation; Policy-making; Renewable energy policy; Geography, Planning and Development; Economics and Econometrics; Strategy and Management; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Management Science and Operations Research

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[en] The current research aims to measure the different dimensions of renewable energy policy implementation and compare these dimensions with each other, focusing on Iran's agricultural sector. This analysis makes it possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses in implementing existing policies. The five dimensions include “organizational and institutional”, “incentives”, “investment”, “infrastructure”, and “human resources development”. The statistical population of this research comprised energy policy experts, whose number was 85. The sampling method was random, and 70 persons participated in answering the questionnaire using the Karjesi and Morgan table. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach's alpha (0.916). Face validity, content validity ratio (CVR), and content validity index (CVI) were applied to determine validity. In the calculation of CVR, values ≥ 0.33 were considered reasonable and appropriate to confirm each item. All CVI values obtained were higher than 0.79. Multi-criteria analysis was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that organizational and institutional policies were at the highest level of unsustainability. The dimension of investment policies showed less unsustainability than other dimensions. The other three dimensions also showed significant deficiencies. It seems that policy development to eliminate the diversity and interference of organizations, fuel subsidies revision, market policy development, attracting capital, and participation of stakeholders is necessary to reduce unsustainability in this field. The development of the resources of expert forces and attention to educational policies should also be considered.

Disciplines :

Agriculture & agronomy

Author, co-author :

Dehhaghi, Somayeh ; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Choobchian, Shahla ; Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Azadi, Hossein ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement ; Bioeconomy Research Institute, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

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English

Title :

Measurement and comparison of different dimensions of renewable energy policy implementation in the agricultural sector

Publication date :

December 2024

Journal title :

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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0038-0121

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1873-6041

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Elsevier

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102106

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