Innovation factors in agri-food systems with Appellations of Origin: the case of Yahualica chile in Mexico.
Main Article Content
Abstract
The localized agri-food systems (LAFS) that are around agri-food goods linked to the quality of origin such as appellations of origin (A.O) require the generation of innovation processes to tend towards a path of sustainability. This innovation depends on multiple factors, so the objective of this work is to analyze how a series of influence factors (input) impact in the innovative behavior (output) of producers in LAFS under the A.O, especially of a food deeply embedded in Mexican food culture: the Yahualica chili; this, through a qualitative methodology of case study, and quantitative method as survey and statistical analysis. It is concluded that the factor 'business sophistication', which identifies the articulation between actors for learning, is the element with the greatest impact on the innovative behavior of producers. This innovative behavior translates into a greater tendency to implement eco and marketing innovations. The case of innovation in the LAFS under the A.O chile Yahualica could reflect the path towards an integration of technologies and the conservation of territorial identities.
Downloads
Article Details
Eutopía, Revista de Desarrollo Económico Territorial, operates under Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Work 3.0 unported (CC BY-ND 3.0).
The authors who publish in Eutopía accept these terms:
You are free to share / copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, including commercial. Therefore, authors retain the copyright and cede to the journal the right of the first publication (CC by-ND 3.0), which allows third parties the redistribution, commercial or noncommercial, of what is published as long as the article circulates without changes.
The following conditions exist for the authors:
Recognition - you must recognize the authorship, provide a link to the license and indicate whether changes have been made. You can do this in any way reasonable, but not in a way that suggest that has the support of the licensor or receives it by the use he makes.
Without Derivative Work – If you remixed, transform or create a work from the original material, you cannot broadcast the modified material.
For more details, visit the page of Creative Commons (CC).