Investments in the agricultural sector represented by innovations and new technologies strongly influence the economic growth in developing countries. In this context, purchasing decisions have become more relevant. Multiple-criteria decision-making techniques are well suited for decision-makers (DMs) who are considering the introduction of new technologies. In this paper, a multi-criteria model is built to help a Colombian agricultural research company make decisions on purchasing different laboratory equipment. A compensatory approach based on trade-offs is used to elicit the preferences of a group of DMs. The high number of answers and cognitive effort required from them during the elicitation process led to using an alternative approach based on partial information, called the FITradeoff (The Flexible and Interactive Tradeoff) method. It showed to be the best fit to solve the company’s purchasing problem and allowed its managers to make decisions that consider criteria other than price, taking account of the DMs’ conflicting viewpoints. The proposed model aimed at contributing to the articulation of the end-user knowledge in decision-making in order to ensure effective articulation of actors and strengthening of science, technology and innovation in agriculture.
En esta guía se encuentran los pasos para la toma correcta de muestras de leche destinadas a los análisis de pago por calidad y análisis de control lechero.
En Colombia, son diversas las brechas entre las demandas del consumidor y los procesos de investigación, lo que dificulta la formulación de estrategias vinculadas a reducir los impactos negativos generados por las actividades de explotación en el sector agropecuario. Con el objetivo de reflexionar sobre la forma en que las políticas públicas, el desarrollo de un modelo de gestión y, las motivaciones y retos de actores del sector agrícola y, cómo influyen en la innovación y adopción de servicios tecnológicos, se realizó un análisis de fuentes secundarias. Esto permitió identificar los elementos clave para avanzar en su adopción, los puntos de articulación y brechas entre los segmentos agricultor, industria y tomadores de decisiones en el sector agrícola; información que permite establecer propósitos comunes en favor de la innovación y desarrollo de las cadenas de valor.
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