On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies
Agricultural development policies and programs, including extension and support for innovation, implicitly assume that the whole target population has the ability to innovate. Recent research in neuroscience, education, social sciences and psychology has shown that innovative capabilities are distri...
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2006
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| author | Ekboir, Javier Muñoz, Manrrubio Aguilar, Jorge Rendón Mendel, Roberto García Muñiz, Jose G. Cárdenas, Altamirano Reyes, J. |
| author_browse | Aguilar, Jorge Cárdenas, Altamirano Ekboir, Javier García Muñiz, Jose G. Muñoz, Manrrubio Rendón Mendel, Roberto Reyes, J. |
| author_facet | Ekboir, Javier Muñoz, Manrrubio Aguilar, Jorge Rendón Mendel, Roberto García Muñiz, Jose G. Cárdenas, Altamirano Reyes, J. |
| author_sort | Ekboir, Javier |
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| description | Agricultural development policies and programs, including extension and support for innovation, implicitly assume that the whole target population has the ability to innovate. Recent research in neuroscience, education, social sciences and psychology has shown that innovative capabilities are distributed very unevenly. We explored the distribution of innovative capabilities and the ability to integrate a technological package in a sample of commercial lemon producers in Mexico. We have found that the ability to explore new techniques is different from the ability to integrate an efficient production and commercial package. The ability to explore follows an exponential distribution while integration of the package follows a bimodal distribution. The ability to explore depends on the farmer’s connection to a variety of information sources, but not to his/her ability to integrate a technical package. Exploration is also not linked to education, age or credit access. Integration of a production package, on the other hand, depends on more traditional variables such as credit access. These findings have important implications for the design of development programs, including extension and participatory research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1604472025-11-06T07:04:45Z On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies Ekboir, Javier Muñoz, Manrrubio Aguilar, Jorge Rendón Mendel, Roberto García Muñiz, Jose G. Cárdenas, Altamirano Reyes, J. agricultural research research and development innovation agricultural extension development policies agricultural development participatory research exploration Agricultural development policies and programs, including extension and support for innovation, implicitly assume that the whole target population has the ability to innovate. Recent research in neuroscience, education, social sciences and psychology has shown that innovative capabilities are distributed very unevenly. We explored the distribution of innovative capabilities and the ability to integrate a technological package in a sample of commercial lemon producers in Mexico. We have found that the ability to explore new techniques is different from the ability to integrate an efficient production and commercial package. The ability to explore follows an exponential distribution while integration of the package follows a bimodal distribution. The ability to explore depends on the farmer’s connection to a variety of information sources, but not to his/her ability to integrate a technical package. Exploration is also not linked to education, age or credit access. Integration of a production package, on the other hand, depends on more traditional variables such as credit access. These findings have important implications for the design of development programs, including extension and participatory research. 2006 2024-11-21T09:50:49Z 2024-11-21T09:50:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160447 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ekboir, Javier; Muñoz, Manrrubio; Aguilar, Jorge; Rendón Mendel, Roberto; García Muñiz, Jose G.; Cárdenas, Altamirano; Reyes, J. On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies. ISNAR Discussion Paper 7. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160447 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural research research and development innovation agricultural extension development policies agricultural development participatory research exploration Ekboir, Javier Muñoz, Manrrubio Aguilar, Jorge Rendón Mendel, Roberto García Muñiz, Jose G. Cárdenas, Altamirano Reyes, J. On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title | On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title_full | On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title_fullStr | On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title_short | On the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research, extension and development policies |
| title_sort | on the uneven distribution of innovative capabilities and why that matters for research extension and development policies |
| topic | agricultural research research and development innovation agricultural extension development policies agricultural development participatory research exploration |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160447 |
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