Abstract

VARGAS CANALES, Juan Manuel et al. Innovation factors in protected agriculture in the region of Tulancingo, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2015, vol.6, n.4, pp.827-840. ISSN 2007-0934.

This paper presents a framework for analysing the factors that influence the decision making of tomato producers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouse, on the adoption of innovations and, provides valuable information for study and management. As a hypothesis arises that the adoption of an innovation depends on factors or various attributes of both, the producer and production units, such as age, education, experience in the business, production scale, production area, performance, reliability and technical advice. In this document, the elements that explain innovation in tomato production in protected agriculture intermediate technology and a linear model is constructed for explaining the effect of each explanatory factor on innovation. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to 59 producers, of equal number of companies located in the region of Tulancingo State of Hidalgo. With the information, we generated a model of multiple linear regression. The results showed the positive influence of the variables reliability, technical advice, size and performance. In the reference model used is concluded that innovation is a factor that is closely related to the dissemination of knowledge and the reliability between the various actors within the production system.

Keywords : determinants of innovation; innovation index; reliability; rural sector; technical advice.