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There are different theoretical models on innovation processes, but little has been studied on the actual practices of researchers in these processes. This paper describes the role played by researchers in the framework of innovation and rural development processes by analyzing tensions between real and ideal practices. Fifteen researchers from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology in the northeastern region of Argentina were interviewed. The results show that models of innovation coexist in the real practices and in the ideal role described by the interviewees. The importance of generating spaces for reflection to rethink their role to enhance innovation processes is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the effect of adopting hybrid maize on productivity per hectare, using data obtained from 1 622 producers in Ecuador. Special attention is given to examining whether there are differences between producers who adopted maize independently and those who did so through a technological package -partially subsidized by the state- which, in addition to hybrid seed, included complementary technologies, training, and technical assistance. The findings show that adopting hybrid seed had a positive impact on productivity per hectare, regardless of whether it was adopted independently or as part of a technological package. However, producers who adopted the technological package clearly saw the greatest increase in productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work was carried out at El Tingo La Esperanza Parish, Pujilí canton, Cotopaxi province, in the western part of the central Andes of Ecuador, with the objective of characterizing the agricultural producers in the sector. We worked with the seven main human settlements, in a sample of 109 agricultural production units (UPA) from 844 registered producers. The results indicate that the agricultural systems in the sector are diverse, where the largest number of families are dedicated to fattening cattle, sugar cane and blackberry farming; with few areas dedicated to crop diversification, with limited use of technology, the production of which is destined for self-consumption. It was evident that the basic services in the study area are deficient. The cluster analysis indicates two groups of producers based on their similarities, the most vulnerable population due to the lack of communication channels were the towns of: Siete Ríos and Yungañan. The other group was made up of: Macuchi, El Tingo La Esperanza, El Palmar, Puembo and Choasilli. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By accessing first-hand sources in Seville and in Guatemala I studied the functioning of the oficial tobacco monopoly, the size of tobacco-producing units, their social composition, and the technical changes that occurred in this area during the late 18th century and early 19th century in Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. This activity led to private property land-holding within the municipality, which in turn led to the disappearance of former communally-held land parcels among the indigenous "ejido" members. We claim that because the town was located on a well-traveled route between Ciudad Real and Tabasco, immigrants were attracted to settle there by the existing cultivation of tobacco, and by the prospect of setting up legal or contraband business ventures, thus converting Simojovel into a center of racial and cultural mixing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the year 1998, teacher-researchers from the University of La Pampa-based Institute of Geography (School of Human Sciences) got academically related to members of the University of Chile's Geography Department. A first joint project "Rural Development Alternatives for Small and Medium Agricultural Producers" took shape with the approval and financial support of the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History. That project is continued in the present one, about which this a forward report. The problems posed by small and medium agricultural producers are considered from the theoretical paradigm of social geography. A variety of perspectives are adopted for its realisation: theoretical, of genre, ecological, geopolitical[, of planning, alternative activities, work, production, trade and the like. A confrontation of results is expected, so as to round off the project with shared conclusions and assessment of achievement of intended objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]