Model of innovation in agriculture 4.0 processes in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia

Carlos Alberto Almanza Junco (), Yenny Katherine Parra Acosta () and Mauricio Sabogal Salamanca ()
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Carlos Alberto Almanza Junco: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Yenny Katherine Parra Acosta: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Mauricio Sabogal Salamanca: Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

Revista Tendencias, 2024, vol. 25, issue 2, 86-112

Abstract: Innovation in agriculture plays a fundamental role in the transition of said production towards more sustainable schemes, hence the importance of its study, especially in relation to production processes. The literature shows that although several studies have been carried out that examine the variables that intervene in the innovation processes in the agricultural sector, there is a lack of studies that examine the innovation processes in Colombia. This is why the fundamental objective of this research is to develop a model that explains the main factors that are related to process innovation in the agricultural sector, using concepts derived from organizational innovation process models developed in the literature. The factors identification methodology used a sample of 1,190 Agricultural Production Units (UPA) collected in the National Agricultural Survey, incorporating only producers from the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. With this sample, and using for the analysis the variables that are developed in the literature, a principal components factorial analysis was carried out, as well as a second-order confirmatory factorial analysis. The factor analysis shows three latent factors, among them “Innovation in Raw Materials”, “Innovation in crops” and “Innovation in management of External Factors”, which, being the most significant for the process innovation process, should be considered as fundamental part of the government's public policies to facilitate its adoption in Colombian agriculture in the future.

Keywords: agricultural research; agricultural development; factor analysis; scientific innovation; agricultural production. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O30 O31 Q16 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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