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Sistemas de Innovación para el Desarrollo Rural Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe

Year of publication 2017

Pages 104 p.

Author CELAC y FAO

Publisher Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A través de toda su historia la agricultura familiar ha experimentado y acumulado conocimiento para adaptar los sistemas agrícolas a las condiciones locales. Sin embargo, este tipo de experiencias locales son comúnmente ignoradas en la literatura crítica sobre innovación, que tiende a favorecer a la innovación vinculada a tecnologías de punta y ciencias aplicadas y obviar problemas más específicos a los países en desarrollo (por ejemplo, Freeman (1995) y Lundvall (2010) entre otros). Sin embargo , la agricultura familiar tiene un rol preponderante en reducir la pobreza rural, enfrentar la inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición, y promover un sistema alimentario sostenible. En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) la agricultura familiar está conformada por aproximadamente 60 millones de personas, ocupa el 81% de las explotaciones agrícolas y genera entre el 57% y 77% del empleo agrícola. La agricultura familiar tiene además un rol crítico en la provisión alimentaria al contribuir entre el 27 % y el 67% de los alimentos a nivel nacional (FAO/BID, 2007; FAO, 2012).

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