The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as a Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices

Alicia Ramírez-Orellana, Daniel Ruiz-Palomo, Alfonso Rojo-Ramírez and John E. Burgos-Burgos
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Alicia Ramírez-Orellana: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Daniel Ruiz-Palomo: Faculty of Commerce and Management, University of Málaga, 29016 Málaga, Spain
Alfonso Rojo-Ramírez: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
John E. Burgos-Burgos: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Machala, Machala 070201, Ecuador

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: This article aims to explore the perceptions of banana farms managers towards environmental sustainability practices through the impact of innovation, adoption of information systems, and training employees through a case study in the province of El Oro (Ecuador). Furthermore, the paper assesses how farmers’ perceptions could guide public policy incentives. PLS-Structural Equation Modeling are used as the framework by which the constructs is represented within the model. The model explained 59% of the environmental sustainability practices of Ecuadorian banana farms. The results indicate that environmental sustainability practices were positively influenced mainly by training employees, innovation, and adoption of information systems. Additionally, both the adoption of information systems and training employees indirectly influenced sustainable practices through innovation as a mediator. We may conclude that in the Ecuadorian banana farms, changes in environmental practices are derived from innovation strategies as an axis of development of useful information and training employees in public policies.

Keywords: adoption of information systems; Ecuador; environmental sustainability practices; innovation; PLS-SEM; training employees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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