Organisational learning for innovation in agriculture: 25 years of experience from organic agriculture in Spain

In order to remain competitive and stay in the market in the near future, farmers will be compelled to adopt a portfolio of strategies that include a series of innovative proposals, with the active participation and commitment of everyone involved. To achieve this, enterprises must bet on knowledge and learning as main element to integrate experienced knowledge (from farmers) with expert knowledge (technical-scientific). Integrating these two kinds of knowledge through research will change paradigms and contribute to rural modernization and to rethinking collective proposals that generate governance, prosperity and resilience. This work analyzes the processes and strategies related to knowledge management and organizational learning in the field of organic farming in an agricultural cooperative in the area of Murcia, Spain. It is a successful model of organizational learning, as 25 years of experience are managed in order to adequately influence the organizational level, generating prosperity and sustainable development.