Description and assessment of a collaborative agricultural extension program adopted under the triple helix model of innovation

The triple helix model (THM) studies the interactions between academia, industry, and government designed to promote entrepreneurship innovation in a knowledge-based society. This paper shows how agricultural extension works through THM for inclusive evaluate its effects on farmers. For this purpose, we analyze case of Cultiva UChile, technology transfer center led by University Chile that operated from 2016 2020 was financed cooperation with public sector organizations. UChile offered services vegetable growers Chilean Central Valley. As our main sources information, used internal reports surveys 91 farmers who received 2019–2020. A qualitative study organization, actors involved, operation governance quantitative analysis center’s direct adopting descriptive techniques binary logistic regression were used. results show strong as basis positive short-term regardless farmers’ paths terms innovation, cooperation, investment. These lead us conclude adopted under can be appropriate means agriculture.