En este artículo se presenta un diagnóstico realizado a la Red Socialista de Innovación Productiva (RSIP) de Champiñones ubicada en la comunidad de Mosquey del Municipio Boconó del Estado Trujillo, todo esto en la búsqueda de presentar una reflexión crítica por parte de los actores rurales involucrados en cuanto a la socialización del conocimiento y transferencia de tecnología que ha significado el desarrollo de la RSIP. Este estudio se realizó durante los meses de diciembre 2009 y febrero 2010 tomando como población a once (11) productores que integran la RSIP de champiñones.
Este trabajo presenta una fase teórica orientada a la argumentación que sustenta la naturaleza y el alcance de las redes como estructuras interorganizacionales para apoyar el desarrollo integral con base en las capacidades de investigación, innovación y desarrollo tecnológico localizado. En una segunda fase se formulan las hipótesis de contrastación empírica.
En el presente artículo se fundamenta la figura de los “emprendimientos productivos familiares” como estrategia de desarrollo sostenible para la comunidad de “El Mamonal”, perteneciente al Municipio Falcón de la Península de Paraguaná, iniciativa comunitaria concebida en el año 2008 en el marco del Proyecto de Granjas Integrales Turísticas Educativas Comunitarias-GITEC, desde el cual los habitantes del sector han construido gran parte de los elementos que configuran su mapa territorial actual.
This article proposes ways to use programme theory for evaluating aspects of programmes that are complicated or complex. It argues that there are useful distinctions to be drawn between aspects that are complicated and those that are complex, and provides examples of programme theory evaluations that have usefully represented and address both of these.
Recently, Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKISs) have gained considerable attention in scientific and political forums in the European Union (EU). AKIS is considered a key concept in identifying, analysing and assessing the various actors in the agricultural sector as well as their communication and interaction for innovation processes. Using qualitative expert interviews and organizational mapping, the features of national AKISs were investigated in selected EU member states (Belgium, France, Ireland, Germany, Portugal and the UK).
Consumer concerns are leading to changes in China’s food markets and demands for higher quality food. In this article, we explore the role of farmer cooperatives in China in linking farmers with high-quality food markets. We consider food quality a social construct and farmer cooperatives key players in the ‘quality battlefield’. Using a case study approach, we investigate the everyday practices of three farmer cooperatives.
The concept of an innovation system is used to understand how innovation contributes to economic growth. However, innovation systems do not evolve evenly in different parts of the world. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate on the emergence of innovation systems in the context of developing countries. It uses the Rwandan case, where agriculture is a dominant socio-economic sector with high innovation potential. It explores how stakeholder interactions and policies contribute to the emergence of an agriculture innovation system in Rwanda.
The concept of an innovation platform is increasingly used in interventions inspired by agricultural innovation systems thinking, as a way of bringing stakeholders from a sector together to enable transformative change. An essential role on such innovation platforms is thought to be that of the ‘innovation champion’, but this role has so far not been unravelled.
Where CGIAR breeding programs rely on the private sector for the multiplication and distribution of improved cultivars, persistent challenges have dampened their impact on varietal adoption and turnover rates. Part of the problem is that research and practice in CGIAR and among its national breeding program partners tend to treat the private sector as a vehicle for seed delivery, rather than as commercial businesses facing a range of unique constraints and threats.
Asian agriculture is faced with major new challenges as a result of globalisation, urbanisation and environmental problems such as climate change. To meet these challenges, Asian agriculture needs to become more knowledge intensive and innovation oriented. This article frames the new Asian challenge in terms of innovation theory, emphasising the importance of the co-evolution of technological and institutional change and linkages between actors in open, interactive innovation processes.