Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas

Autores
Echarte, María Mercedes; Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia; Maiorano, Javier; Iriarte, Liliana; García, N.; Costa, A.M.; Glessi, Walter; Giudice, A.
Año de publicación
2026
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Rural development in Argentina demands comprehensive solutions that address social, environmental, and cultural factors, in addition to economic ones. Decades of unreliable energy supply, deficient infrastructure and services, declining rural labor demand, and environmental pollution from inadequately treated agricultural and agro-industrial waste have led to rural depopulation. This study examines how rural cooperative bioenergy initiatives might emerge and evolve during early-stage implementation under conditions of institutional volatility, using the Los Pinos Biogas Demonstration Unit (BDU) as a qualitative case study. Through a transdisciplinary, participatory process involving researchers, local government, private companies, and community members, a cooperative-managed biogas plant was designed and constructed to address the local energy and environmental challenges faced by a small rural town in the Humid Pampas. The experience is interpreted as a formative socio-technical process characterized by partial institutionalization, in which participatory governance and technological learning advanced despite persistent regulatory, financial, and market constraints. Integrating innovation ecosystem and business environment perspectives, the study shows how local collaboration, adaptive learning, and social embedding can coexist with structural barriers that limit consolidation and replicability. The paper provides analytical grounded insights into the conditions shaping community-based bioenergy initiatives and highlight the need for bioeconomy policies that better align institutional stability, local autonomy, and inclusive governance, particularly in developing-country contexts.
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Fil: Echarte, María Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Maiorano, Javier. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Iriarte, Liliana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: García, N. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Costa, A.M. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Glessi, Walter. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Giudice, A. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina
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Energy for Sustainable Development 92, 101953 (June 2026)
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Biogás
Tratamiento Anaeróbico
Sistemas de Innovación
Bioeconomía
Cooperativa Agrícola
Desarrollo Sostenible
Argentina
Biogas
Anaerobic Treatment
Innovation Systems
Bioeconomy
Agricultural Cooperatives
Sustainable Development
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spelling Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampasEcharte, María MercedesSanz Smachetti, María EugeniaMaiorano, JavierIriarte, LilianaGarcía, N.Costa, A.M.Glessi, WalterGiudice, A.BiogásTratamiento AnaeróbicoSistemas de InnovaciónBioeconomíaCooperativa AgrícolaDesarrollo SostenibleArgentinaBiogasAnaerobic TreatmentInnovation SystemsBioeconomyAgricultural CooperativesSustainable DevelopmentRural development in Argentina demands comprehensive solutions that address social, environmental, and cultural factors, in addition to economic ones. Decades of unreliable energy supply, deficient infrastructure and services, declining rural labor demand, and environmental pollution from inadequately treated agricultural and agro-industrial waste have led to rural depopulation. This study examines how rural cooperative bioenergy initiatives might emerge and evolve during early-stage implementation under conditions of institutional volatility, using the Los Pinos Biogas Demonstration Unit (BDU) as a qualitative case study. Through a transdisciplinary, participatory process involving researchers, local government, private companies, and community members, a cooperative-managed biogas plant was designed and constructed to address the local energy and environmental challenges faced by a small rural town in the Humid Pampas. The experience is interpreted as a formative socio-technical process characterized by partial institutionalization, in which participatory governance and technological learning advanced despite persistent regulatory, financial, and market constraints. Integrating innovation ecosystem and business environment perspectives, the study shows how local collaboration, adaptive learning, and social embedding can coexist with structural barriers that limit consolidation and replicability. The paper provides analytical grounded insights into the conditions shaping community-based bioenergy initiatives and highlight the need for bioeconomy policies that better align institutional stability, local autonomy, and inclusive governance, particularly in developing-country contexts.EEA BalcarceFil: Echarte, María Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; ArgentinaFil: Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; ArgentinaFil: Maiorano, Javier. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; ArgentinaFil: Iriarte, Liliana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: García, N. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Costa, A.M. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Glessi, Walter. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Giudice, A. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
title Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
spellingShingle Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
Echarte, María Mercedes
Biogás
Tratamiento Anaeróbico
Sistemas de Innovación
Bioeconomía
Cooperativa Agrícola
Desarrollo Sostenible
Argentina
Biogas
Anaerobic Treatment
Innovation Systems
Bioeconomy
Agricultural Cooperatives
Sustainable Development
title_short Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
title_full Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
title_fullStr Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
title_full_unstemmed Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
title_sort Co-creating sustainable futures: A biogas case study in Argentina's humid pampas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Echarte, María Mercedes
Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia
Maiorano, Javier
Iriarte, Liliana
García, N.
Costa, A.M.
Glessi, Walter
Giudice, A.
author Echarte, María Mercedes
author_facet Echarte, María Mercedes
Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia
Maiorano, Javier
Iriarte, Liliana
García, N.
Costa, A.M.
Glessi, Walter
Giudice, A.
author_role author
author2 Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia
Maiorano, Javier
Iriarte, Liliana
García, N.
Costa, A.M.
Glessi, Walter
Giudice, A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biogás
Tratamiento Anaeróbico
Sistemas de Innovación
Bioeconomía
Cooperativa Agrícola
Desarrollo Sostenible
Argentina
Biogas
Anaerobic Treatment
Innovation Systems
Bioeconomy
Agricultural Cooperatives
Sustainable Development
topic Biogás
Tratamiento Anaeróbico
Sistemas de Innovación
Bioeconomía
Cooperativa Agrícola
Desarrollo Sostenible
Argentina
Biogas
Anaerobic Treatment
Innovation Systems
Bioeconomy
Agricultural Cooperatives
Sustainable Development
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Rural development in Argentina demands comprehensive solutions that address social, environmental, and cultural factors, in addition to economic ones. Decades of unreliable energy supply, deficient infrastructure and services, declining rural labor demand, and environmental pollution from inadequately treated agricultural and agro-industrial waste have led to rural depopulation. This study examines how rural cooperative bioenergy initiatives might emerge and evolve during early-stage implementation under conditions of institutional volatility, using the Los Pinos Biogas Demonstration Unit (BDU) as a qualitative case study. Through a transdisciplinary, participatory process involving researchers, local government, private companies, and community members, a cooperative-managed biogas plant was designed and constructed to address the local energy and environmental challenges faced by a small rural town in the Humid Pampas. The experience is interpreted as a formative socio-technical process characterized by partial institutionalization, in which participatory governance and technological learning advanced despite persistent regulatory, financial, and market constraints. Integrating innovation ecosystem and business environment perspectives, the study shows how local collaboration, adaptive learning, and social embedding can coexist with structural barriers that limit consolidation and replicability. The paper provides analytical grounded insights into the conditions shaping community-based bioenergy initiatives and highlight the need for bioeconomy policies that better align institutional stability, local autonomy, and inclusive governance, particularly in developing-country contexts.
EEA Balcarce
Fil: Echarte, María Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Sanz Smachetti, María Eugenia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Maiorano, Javier. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Innovación para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina
Fil: Iriarte, Liliana. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: García, N. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Costa, A.M. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Glessi, Walter. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Giudice, A. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales; Argentina
description Rural development in Argentina demands comprehensive solutions that address social, environmental, and cultural factors, in addition to economic ones. Decades of unreliable energy supply, deficient infrastructure and services, declining rural labor demand, and environmental pollution from inadequately treated agricultural and agro-industrial waste have led to rural depopulation. This study examines how rural cooperative bioenergy initiatives might emerge and evolve during early-stage implementation under conditions of institutional volatility, using the Los Pinos Biogas Demonstration Unit (BDU) as a qualitative case study. Through a transdisciplinary, participatory process involving researchers, local government, private companies, and community members, a cooperative-managed biogas plant was designed and constructed to address the local energy and environmental challenges faced by a small rural town in the Humid Pampas. The experience is interpreted as a formative socio-technical process characterized by partial institutionalization, in which participatory governance and technological learning advanced despite persistent regulatory, financial, and market constraints. Integrating innovation ecosystem and business environment perspectives, the study shows how local collaboration, adaptive learning, and social embedding can coexist with structural barriers that limit consolidation and replicability. The paper provides analytical grounded insights into the conditions shaping community-based bioenergy initiatives and highlight the need for bioeconomy policies that better align institutional stability, local autonomy, and inclusive governance, particularly in developing-country contexts.
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