Agro ecological research approach for sustainable agriculture in Nicaragua

Abstract

The objective of this essay is to provide reflections on agricultural research with an agroecological approach as a tool for the development of sustainable agriculture in Nicaragua. In order to provide a general overview of the research, different points of view necessary for its operation are addressed, such as: the strengthening of the human talent that carries out the research activity, the participation of the producer in the research process, public-private investment and the strengthening of the Nicaraguan System of Agricultural Research and Innovation, which has the responsibility of proposing new research for the generation of technologies that contribute to the development of a sustainable agriculture that takes into account the interrelations between the physical, biological and socioeconomic components, and the environmental impact that arise within the productive systems.