CAPACIDADE DE ABSORVER CONHECIMENTO/TECNOLOGIA EM SISTEMAS PRODUTIVOS AGRÍCOLAS INTEGRADOS: ESTUDO MULTICASOS EM MATO GROSSO.

Minetto Sznitowski, Adelice; de Souza Junior, Jair Vieira; Lupi Gasparini, Liz Vanessa; Stiegler Leitner, Camyla Piran; Rodrigues Vargas, Allyson

The absorption of new knowledge and technologies in agribusiness is greatly relevant within a context in which world population increases fast and triggers demands for agricultural products that must be produced without impairing natural resources. Brazil is the second biggest grain producer worldwide and such a rank should be maintained to guarantee world food stocks. Mato Grosso is one of the Brazilian states with the greatest grain production, especially soybean. Current analysis investigates a production system context which involves Integration, Agriculture, Livestock and Forest (ILPF) to identify factors inherent to the process of Absorption Capacity (AC) and its phases (acquire, assimilate, transform and exploit). It also identifies sources of knowledge and technology that production units dispose of in the state of Mato Grosso. Approach with multi-case studies employs qualitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews with production unit managers. Results demonstrate that AC makes possible that managers acquire new knowledge and technologies which, coupled to their experience, provide the required bases so that production units adopt the most sustainable and complex production system, ILPF.

MATO Grosso (Brazil : State); BRAZIL; SOYBEAN industry; NATURAL resources; SEMI-structured interviews; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; GRAIN; SOYBEAN

Revista em Agronegócio e Meio Ambiente, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 2, p549

1981-9951

Academic Journal

10.17765/2176-9168.2020v13n2p549-574