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A Model to Promote Sustainable Social Change Based on the Scaling up of a High-Impact Technical Innovation

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  • David Cuéllar-Gálvez

    (Departamento de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia—sede Bogotá, Bogotá 111321, Colombia)

  • Yesid Aranda-Camacho

    (Departamento de Desarrollo Rural, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia—sede Bogotá, Bogotá 111321, Colombia)

  • Teresa Mosquera-Vásquez

    (Departamento de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia—sede Bogotá, Bogotá 111321, Colombia)

Abstract

The scaling up of the innovations concept has gained importance in recent years, underlining the importance of disseminating successful innovations on a large scale to increase their socio-economic impact, seeking to sustain broad rural development and promoting public policies that generate equal and sustainable results. However, few projects take advantage of the adoption of innovative technologies to promote social change. This paper reports on an intervention model that incorporates common elements, from the literature, of scaling up, and includes novel such as linking technological and social innovations, with an exit strategy to build sustainable processes and results. The model is based on a trans-disciplinary approach, and leadership, that involves local communities and stakeholders to establish synergies, to give coherence to the whole process, and to build an exit strategy involving territorial dynamics related to the innovation. The model includes a clear definition of the objects, and the process, that should be transformed, and the specific methodologies to involve local communities and stakeholders, to reach the final target user. The model was applied to develop the project, More Nutritious Potatoes, for scaling up new yellow potatoes varieties with improved agronomic and nutritional attributes. To implement the project, the research team, local communities, and stakeholders agreed on specific actions to improve food security and nutrition in a sustainable manner. The operational objectives were, the strengthening of capabilities for autonomy and governance in public policies, the entrepreneurship to build inclusive businesses, the valorization of agro-biodiversity, the acquisition of good food habits, and the promotion of social equity. The methodologies employed allowed building of social and scientific capabilities for Colombia.

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  • David Cuéllar-Gálvez & Yesid Aranda-Camacho & Teresa Mosquera-Vásquez, 2018. "A Model to Promote Sustainable Social Change Based on the Scaling up of a High-Impact Technical Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-21, December.
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