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The term innovation has attracted the attention of many scholars. Some of them mentioned this directly. One of the most well-known pioneers was Schumpeter, who influenced the theory of innovation (OECD, 2005). Innovation is defined as the “Innovation or development combines factors in a new way or it consists in carrying out new combinations” (Schumpeter, 1939, 1983). Thus, innovation is considered to be a component of economic growth. Schumpeter (1983) divided innovation into five types: new products (a new good that consumers are not yet familiar with or a new quality of a good), new methods of production that are not yet tested adequately by the manufacturer, new sources of supply of raw materials or half-manufactured goods, irrespective of whether this source already exists or whether it has first to be created, opening of new markets (that is, a market into which the particular branch of manufacture of the country in question has not previously entered, whether or not this market has existed before), and newly introducing or reorganizing any industry. Rogers (1983) stated that “an innovation is an idea, practice, or object perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption” when he developed the theory of diffusion. The diffusion approach allows one to assess the impact of development programs on many aspects such as agriculture (Rogers, 1983)