Este articulo describe un estudio de caso de desarrollo de capacidades enfocado en el desarrollo rural en Sonora México. Se llevó a cabo un diagnóstico en el Distrito de Desarrollo Rural 142 Ures con la finalidad de detectar diversos problemas entre diferentes productores habiendo encontrado que el sistema producto predominante dentro del sector bovino para la región era la producción de leche fresca y sus subproductos como queso cocido y regional.
Social learning in multi-actor innovation networks is increasingly considered an important precondition for addressing sustainability in regional development contexts. Social learning is seen as a means for enabling stakeholders to take advantage of the diversity in perspectives, interests and values...
Innovation systems can be defined in a variety of ways: they can be national, regional, sectoral, or technological. They all involve the creation, diffusion, and use of knowledge. Systems consist of components, relationships among these, and their characteristics or attributes....
This paper evaluates the underlying believes related to both models in Paraguayan rural extensionists and the profile of those who prefer each one. We conclude that these models, despite being theoretically opposed, overlap in real situations. Besides, we found that...
This paper takes the viewpoint of a social scientist and looks at agricultural scientists' pathways for science impact. Awareness of these pathways is increasingly becoming part and parcel of the professionalism of the agricultural scientist, now that the pressure is...
Este articulo busca sintetizar el proceso incesante de mejora en la organización interna del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, desde el fortalecimiento del sistema de extensión, hasta la internalización del enfoque territorial como estrategia de planificación y gestión del accionar institucional...
