Current Perception and perspective of the Nicaraguan system of agricultural research and innovation 2019 – 2021

Abstract

This article is the result of a research conducted in 2019 with 24 actors from the public sector, scientifi c-technological sector and productive sector that have participated in the Nicaraguan System of Agricultural Research and Innovation SNIA from its installation in 2015 on the current perception in relation to the actions and State of knowledge during the period 2015 - 2018 and the main assessments, expectations, perspectives and priorities of the same, for the period 2019 – 2021. The research allowed us to know the main self-evaluations of the SNIA in terms of its management, implementation and performance with a result that does not exceed the 70th percentile as minimum expected for an acceptable SNIA, as well as sharing the main positive gaps from the current state vs. expected state from a measurement of 57 indicators for the current state and the same 57 indicators for the expected perception that allowed us to derive the priorities and perspectives of the SNIA from 2019 to 2021. The type of research is descriptive and retro-prospective, the scale used was constructed from the criteria and indicators to measure innovation from the territories. As a data collection strategy, the techniques of survey, interview, literature review and observation with key actors of the SNIA were used.