Agricultural Extension, Collective Action and Innovation Systems: Lessons on Network Brokering from Peru and Mexico

Jon Hellin · 2012 · The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Summary. Extension services in Peru and Mexico show that fostering agricultural innovation requires more than collective action alone. Peru's approach, using NGO brokers and trusted local farmers called Kamayoq, successfully built innovation networks among diverse value chain actors. Mexico's linear seed-transfer model created collective action but no innovation networks. The research concludes that extension must combine collective action with active networking to shift from technology transfer toward genuine agricultural innovation systems.

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  title   = {Agricultural Extension, Collective Action and Innovation Systems: Lessons on Network Brokering from Peru and Mexico},
  author  = {Jon Hellin},
  journal = {The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension},
  year    = {2012},
  doi     = {10.1080/1389224x.2012.655967},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224x.2012.655967}
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DOI

10.1080/1389224x.2012.655967

Countries

Peru, Mexico

Regions

South America, North America

Categories

agtech, innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28