Adults’ Education and Agricultural Innovation: A Social Learning Approach



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journal article
Journal: 
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Number: 
2
Pages: 
163-168
Volume: 
191
Year: 
2015
Author(s): 
Barrantes, C.
Yagüe, J. L.
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Social learning processes can be the basis of a method of agricultural innovation that involves expert and empirical knowledge. In this sense, the objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of an innovation process, understood as social learning, in a group of small farmers in the southern highlands of Peru. Innovative proposals and its permanence three years after the process finished were evaluated. It was observed that innovation processes generated are maintained over time; however, new innovations are not subsequently generated. The authors conclude that adult learning processes and innovation based on social learning are more effective and sustainable; however, the farmers internalization in innovation processes is given longer term.

Publication year: 
2015