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Professor and researcher (PhD) at the Faculty of Accounting and Administration, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico. Her research and academic interests focuses on organizational change, entrepreneurship & regional development, organizational culture, corporative social responsibility. She has published several articles and book chapters at journals like Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management; Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencias; Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento; Ciencias Administrativas: Teoría y Praxis, and book publishers such as Clave Editorial.
This paper offers an approach to Yucatecan social reality in terms of entrepreneurship and the process of creating companies dedicated to the production and/or commercialization of agroecological products, considering its contribution to sustainable rural development. The key actors’ perspective towards the existence of policies that favor land sustainability, assist in the development of rural areas and their population, and support these business initiatives is also presented. Likewise, it illustrates the small entrepreneurs’ standpoint on the role of public institutions in promoting wealth generation and sustainable development in lower growth areas, such as the state of Yucatan, in Mexico. A qualitative methodology was used for this research, based on in-depth interviews with a group of businessmen and -women from the region. The main results give a pessimistic view of institutional concern regarding both production and consumption of agroecological products and, therefore, the promotion of these enterprises for the socioeconomic development of Yucatan. From these findings, we detect: (a) A policy of scarce support for this type of production, due to political priorities; (b) inadequate management that prevents the consolidation of certain structures needed to support agroecological enterprises; (c) a lack of confidence in the Yucatecan government, which does not promote or support a social network of collaboration between agroecological producers and marketers; (d) a difficulty in undertaking agroecological enterprises because of social and cultural norms and poor environmental awareness among the population; (e) significant training deficiencies among entrepreneurs in agroecological agriculture; (f) absence of adequate distribution channels for agroecological products; and (g) excessive bureaucratic obstacles through laws that hinder entrepreneurial processes.
Rocío Blanco-Gregory; Leonor Elena López-Canto; María Victoria Sanagustín-Fons; Violante Martínez-Quintana. Agroecological Entrepreneurship, Public Support, and Sustainable Development: The Case of Rural Yucatan (Mexico). Land 2020, 9, 401 .
AMA StyleRocío Blanco-Gregory, Leonor Elena López-Canto, María Victoria Sanagustín-Fons, Violante Martínez-Quintana. Agroecological Entrepreneurship, Public Support, and Sustainable Development: The Case of Rural Yucatan (Mexico). Land. 2020; 9 (11):401.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRocío Blanco-Gregory; Leonor Elena López-Canto; María Victoria Sanagustín-Fons; Violante Martínez-Quintana. 2020. "Agroecological Entrepreneurship, Public Support, and Sustainable Development: The Case of Rural Yucatan (Mexico)." Land 9, no. 11: 401.
The main objective of this study was the design and implementation of instruments to evaluate teacher’s performance in a higher education distance unit of a public mexican university. The process consisted of an eight stage program, based on information generated by interviews, group discussions and document revisions. As a result, three instruments were designed and implemented to collect information from different perspectives: from the student, the supervisor and the evaluated person himself.
Karla Ávila; Leonor López. Process of designing instruments for teaching performance evaluation: experience in a distance education unit of higher education. Revista Innova Educación 2020, 2, 25 -44.
AMA StyleKarla Ávila, Leonor López. Process of designing instruments for teaching performance evaluation: experience in a distance education unit of higher education. Revista Innova Educación. 2020; 2 (1):25-44.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarla Ávila; Leonor López. 2020. "Process of designing instruments for teaching performance evaluation: experience in a distance education unit of higher education." Revista Innova Educación 2, no. 1: 25-44.