Incidencia de la transferencia tecnológica en la productividad del cacao en Colombia en las zonas de Santander, Arauca y Antioquia

Abstract

The contribution to technical change in the agricultural sector at the global level has been determined by the development of new technologies been determined by the development of new technologies that involve Research, Development and Research, Development and Innovation processes; these processes have as their main objective the main objective is to increase agricultural productivity through technology transfer. technology transfer. However, it is the agricultural producer who decides whether or not to adopt these new developments. However, it is the agricultural producer who decides whether or not to adopt these new technological developments, as it can directly or indirectly directly or indirectly affect production costs by increasing or decreasing the level of income. decreasing the level of income. For this study, the cocoa chain in Colombia was selected as an agricultural product. chain in Colombia was selected for this study as an agricultural product prioritised in the National Cocoa Development Plan 2012-2021. Development Plan 2012-2021, in order to assess the processes of technology transfer and its relationship with the technology transfer processes and their relationship with productivity. selected 21 farms located in the producing areas of Santander, Arauca and Antioquia. and Antioquia. For this purpose, reference was made to the surveys elaborated by Fedecacao in 2013, which was the base year for this study. With the data obtained was used to formulate a model of adoption and impact that estimates the probability of increasing productivity when the producer adopts new technologies. technologies, thus demonstrating that renewed cocoa systems have a very high probability of increasing productivity when new technologies are adopted. systems have a very high probability of adopting technologies compared to a traditional system. traditional system.