Actions for the implementation of the Local Agricultural Innovation System in the municipality of Pinar del Río

Abstract

The work proposes a plan of actions to implement the Local Agricultural Innovation System in the municipality of Pinar del Río, thus contributing to food security and local development that includes state and non-state service entities, enterprises and productive units, science and technology units, popular councils and non-governmental organizations, among others, as part of the implementation of the National Plan for Food Security and Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Education, based on the governance of Local Food Systems, which favors the structural and content updating of the Municipal Development Strategy and the definition of Local Development Projects aimed at food production, processing and marketing. To this end, empirical methods, surveys, interviews and work with specialists were used to establish the practical theoretical bases for the diagnosis as a reference for the proposed objective: to propose an action plan for the Local Agricultural Innovation System that contributes to the plan for food security and sovereignty and nutritional education in the municipality in a sustainable way and that allows a healthy food production that meets the needs of local self-sufficiency in the municipality of Pinar del Río on the basis of good agroecological practices.