OICC Press International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development 2159-5860 14 4 2026 08 20 Designing a Model to Improve the Role of Science and Technology Parks in the Development of Agricultural Technologies 361 375 10.71877/ijamad.2024.8542 EN Homyoon Dinarany Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran Tahmasb Maghsoudi Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran Saeed Mohammadzadeh Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, MollaSani, Khuzestan, Iran. Shoushtar, Iran Azadeh Noorollah Noorivandi Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran Journal Article 2026 08 20 The present study aimed to propose a model for enhancing the role of science and technology parks in developing agricultural technologies. It utilized applied, retrospective, quantitative, and qualitative methods. The qualitative section targeted all managers of agricultural science parks, with 27 participants selected via snowball sampling and interviewed face-to-face. For the quantitative part, Cochran's formula determined a sample size of 90 managers from agricultural parks and associated companies, data collected through a questionnaire. Data analysis employed multivariate analysis, with data from interviews analyzed using three-stage open, axial, and selective coding, yielding 6 categories and 181 concepts. Spearman correlation coefficient assessed relationships between strategies for enhancing science parks' role and research variables, showing significant positive correlations across various dimensions including behavioral and attitudinal motives, social and economic structures, environmental potential, social capital, educational and credit strategies, macro and micro interfering factors, and consequential aspects of infrastructure and institutions. Strategic design for enhancing science parks' role considers causal, intervening, and contextual variables, with adopted strategies showing the highest direct impact, followed by intervening factors, and contextual and causal factors influencing the improvement mechanisms.