Abstract

SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Dayanna; CEPEDA-LADINO, Julio-César  and  SANCHEZ-CARCAMO, Ricardo. Alternative model of productive inclusion and innovation in Viota and Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Investig. desarro. [online]. 2017, vol.25, n.2, pp.124-152. ISSN 0121-3261.  https://doi.org/10.14482/indes.25.2.10962.

The Alternative Model of Productive Inclusion and Innovation (AMPII) is an interdisciplinary project of territorial development which has been supported by Universidad Piloto de Colombia and has been implemented in the towns of Viota and Girardot (Department of Cundinamarca). The article proposes that the main contribution of AMPII is to encourage social innovation from productive integration between rural and urban communities in both towns. AMPII allows to establish the nature of particular social problems from the community in sociological and economic terms; also, it improves competitiveness through productive chain and associativity; additionally, it is a peacebuilding initiative that favors rural development.

Keywords : Colombia; social innovation; rural development; territories; communities.

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