Methodological proposal for the study of actors and technological intervention strategies in Chiapas, Mexico
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Since the 1960s, the Mexican government has implemented different models and intervention strategies in the agricultural sector. However, the results and impacts are still far from the global and regional goals for this sector. In this context, the Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture Program (MasAgro) emerged with the objective of strengthening farmers’ work with a closed support of local actors. This article presents a conceptual and operational theoretical framework proposal (MaTCo) to document the experiences of these actors and the technological innovation strategies implemented within the Hub Chiapas of MasAgro’s. The framework integrates several indicators to know principles, methodologies and tools used by each actor. It was necessary to build and implement the framework from a holistic socio-agronomic perspective and apply it to four case study of actor that collaborate with the program. The results display that MasAgro’s current attention to maize production is based on a series of actors from both the public and private sectors, who use intervention and technological innovation approaches according to three factors: a) the socio-environmental and productive context; b) the type of farmer and its farming systems and c) the type of actor and its origin. The study of technological innovations and the implemented interventions demanded a systemic approach to precisely understand the processes of local innovation in the maize farming system in Chiapas.
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