Socio-Technological Characterization of Goat Industry at Tamarugal Province in Atacama Desert

Sergio Diez de Medina; Pamela Cabello; Juan Carlos Ríos; Pablo Figueroa; Ivan Balic; Damien Hardy; Viviana Vrsalovic

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242015000300006

Authors

Sergio Diez de Medina Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile. Universidad de los Lagos, Center for Animal Reproduction (CRAULA). Patricio Lynch 459, Of. 303, Iquique, Chile.
Pamela Cabello Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile. Universidad de los Lagos, Center for Animal Reproduction (CRAULA). Patricio Lynch 459, Of. 303, Iquique, Chile.
Juan Carlos Ríos Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile. Universidad de los Lagos, Center for Animal Reproduction (CRAULA). Patricio Lynch 459, Of. 303, Iquique, Chile.
Pablo Figueroa Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile.
Ivan Balic Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile.
Damien Hardy Institut de l'élevage - 149, rue de Bercy - 75595 Paris Cedex 12.
Viviana Vrsalovic Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242015000300006

Keywords:

Goat, sustainability, Tamarugal, innovation, Chile, Atacama

Abstract

The following article displays a study carried over the goat producers in the northern Tamarugal province in Chile, including the analysis of a survey that characterizes the technical capability of the industry mainly constituted by altiplanean natives communities, exposing the needs that the innovation system requires to be improved in order to boost the generation of added value products useful for project sustainability of these communities. As well, sensitization of the main social breakthroughs is made in order to develop an effective technology transfer to the communities to accomplish this aimed sustainability, through innovative use of the resources.

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Author Biography

Sergio Diez de Medina, Universidad de Los Lagos, New business projects unit, República 517, Santiago de Chile. Universidad de los Lagos, Center for Animal Reproduction (CRAULA). Patricio Lynch 459, Of. 303, Iquique, Chile.

Biochemist from Universidad de Chile. Master in Technology Management from Universidad de Talca and Ph. D. in Biotechnology from Universidad Andrés Bello. His expertise is in Plant Biotechnology, working on issues such as transgenic crops, introgression and molecular markers associated to comercially relevant traits. Also has been involved as executive in projects of life-sciences network construction. His interests are focused on link between fundamental and applied sciences, technological education and science networks.