چکیده (انگلیسی):

Social learning processes can be the basis of a method of agricultural innovation that involves expert and empirical knowledge.
In this sense, the objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of an innovation process,
understood as social learning, in a group of small farmers in the southern highlands of Peru. Innovative proposals and its
permanence three years after the process finished were evaluated. It was observed that innovation processes generated are
maintained over time; however, new innovations are not subsequently generated. We conclude that adult learning processes and
innovation based on social learning are more effective and sustainable; however, the farmers internalization in innovation
processes is given longer term.