Economic Development through Knowledge Based Companies An Empirical Study of a Nanotech Company

A glance at the developments of agricultural sector shows that the product can no longer reach its target markets like it could in the past. This is due to the higher distance between consumers andcenters of production. Hence, products must be kept in special condition. Fruits and vegetables need tobe stored or proceed in the right way after being harvest from farms/ gardens; otherwise those may become rotten. This article studies the effect of ethylene nano-absorbent of Nanotech Company onproducts preservation. Ethylene gas is produced by fruits in response to environmental, physical andbiochemical stresses, speed up the ripening process. Irreversible elimination of ethylene can prevent the damage to fruit. Different methods can be used to evaluate the economic impact of a nanoabsorbent. Evaluation criteria after many discussions with experts and specialists have been extractedas product appearance and durability, firmness, market volatility and color. To facilitate the calculation, crops have been divided into 4 main categories as vegetables, summer fruits, winter fruits and none climacteric crops. Result shows profit increase resulting from the usage of nano-absorbent.This amount is approximately 33.94 percent of crops and nano-absorbent purchasing price. Considering post-harvest situation in Iran, experts and professionals believe that about 10 percent of the economic impacts are the result of post-harvest and storage issues. Hence, the net profit from usage of nano-absorbent is about 24 percent

کلیدواژه ها:

Ethylene ، Nanotechnology ، Nano-absorbent ، Economic Development