Proposed key performance indicator-based monitoring framework for agricultural innovation: Armenia's institutional model
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https://doi.org/10.31989/ffs.v5i11.1827Abstract
Background: The absence of a monitoring system for agricultural innovation technologies in Armenia impedes state support, policy effectiveness, and innovation control. This article presents an outline for a monitoring system focused on developing evaluation methods and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Methods: The research establishes methodological foundations for assessing the implementation levels, outcomes, and systemic impacts of innovative technologies through a comprehensive literature review (January 2015–September 2025) across Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Google Scholar, and FFHDJ.com, combined with field surveys across Armenian agricultural regions.
Results: The cluster approach ensures effective collaboration between the state, the private sector, and science, and education structures. Implementing the KPI system enables measuring the impact of innovation on agricultural enterprises' efficiency and competitiveness, while improving the targeting of state support. This comprehensive approach addresses the critical gap in Armenia's agricultural innovation monitoring by providing structural evaluation mechanisms.
Conclusion: Additionally, the framework incorporates functional food production as an emerging innovation direction, recognizing its potential for value addition and market competitiveness enhancement in Armenia's agricultural sector.
Novelty: This work closes a critical governance gap by providing actionable, Armenia-tailored indicators to monitor agricultural innovation in real time. Incorporating functional food production within the KPI set creates a new route for value addition and market competitiveness, directly linking state support to measurable results.
Novel KPI-driven Monitoring Framework for Armenia's Agricultural Innovation: The framework integrates a Cluster-Based Institutional Model with multi-tier KPIs, explicitly incorporating Functional Food Production to unify technological, economic, and health-oriented tracking. This enables evidence-based policy adjustment and enhances farm competitiveness.
Keywords: Agricultural innovation; monitoring system; key performance indicators (KPI); innovation governance; functional food; Armenia․
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