Inovação Social E Sustentabilidade Em Agroindústrias Familiares

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze the relationship between the social innovation and the sustainability in the family agro-industries allocated to the Local Productive Arrangement of Agroindústria Familiar e Diversidade do Médio Alto Utuguai e Rio da Várzea located in Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil. The method of this paper is quantitative based on data collected in a questionnaire applied to the owners of agro-industries. The relationship between the dimensions of social innovation and sustainability provides positive results in economic, social and environmental aspects, identifying priority for the economic bias of sustainability in the analyzed sample.