Training and outreach to producers for the use of bioproducts

Abstract

In recent years, the Cuban agricultural sector has implemented a series of measures aimed at finding alternatives for the reactivation of agriculture. In this environment, the role of universities is becoming more important, due to their condition as academic and research centers linked to scientific, technical and social progress, and their contribution to the updating of contents and the corresponding offer of programs that generate new knowledge on scientific-technical bases. However, the scarce vision on the training and extension processes that allow the appropriation of knowledge of more sustainable technologies in the different productive processes is a problem. For this reason, the objective of this article is to elaborate a management system for training and extension to producers to stimulate the introduction, monitoring and technological surveillance for the use of bioproducts in the agricultural sector. Theoretical methods used were: historical-logical, analysis and synthesis, and induction-deduction. At the empirical level, a review of documents, a survey of producers and observation of performance were used. A training and extension management system was elaborated with the technological procedures for the management of bioproducts in different crops, the preparation actions of the participative workshops were determined based on collaborative learning and contributed to improve the professional competences of the producers for the efficient fulfillment of their labor functions.