Innovation Networks and their influence on the management of agricultural information in the Amazon region

Abstract

The objective of this article is to explore the use of the Innovation Networks methodology to analyze its influence on agricultural management in the Amazon region. Based on this, some antecedents related to agricultural innovation and management networks are raised; Subsequently, a conceptualization of agricultural management is carried out as a way of seeing the behavior of the inter-organizational network in this sector, and finally, an emphasis is placed on innovation as a basis in agricultural management. It was concluded that there is evidence to affirm that local actors through the local support network characterized by innovation networks are significantly related in agricultural management, as an improvement in their organizational learning, competitiveness and as an instrument of public policy. For which the value of t -25.093 is observed, gl = 228 degrees of freedom and p = 0.000 (Average GAD-GDD), less than 0.05, so that the innovation networks in a group of producers is influenced in a improvement of information management.