Implementation of the local agricultural innovation system based on a plan of actions

Abstract

The work reflects the current state of the agricultural context and local innovation in the department of Sustainable Agroecosystems Management of the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Cuba, based on a description of its potentialities and weaknesses, therefore, the general objective is: To design an action plan for the implementation of the Local Agricultural Innovation System in the department of Sustainable Agroecosystems Management. Instruments such as surveys, interviews and discussion groups were applied. The final result of this study is the action plan for the implementation of the Local Agricultural Innovation System in the department and its contribution lies in the participative conception of the different actors, besides being considered flexible and adaptable to other contexts in the center. The work provides the theoretical background that, together with the characterization of the department, constituted the essential basis for the diagnosis that identified the key variables that are influencing the problems that exist in the department, which limit the implementation of the innovation system in the short term. Likewise, barriers that still persist as an improvement of the Economic Model that contribute to this situation were analyzed and strategic objectives were identified to comply in the short term with the proposed strategy, focused mainly on innovation and the minimization of some of the identified barriers, which finally lead to propose an action plan to materialize activities to implement the local agricultural innovation system in the department.