Inovação no agronegócio em municípios do Corede Noroeste Colonial

Abstract

The Corede Northwest Colonial region is part of the so-called Rio-Grandense Plateau. The region's economy based on agriculture, that is, soybean, corn and wheat production and animal production. The technological standard adopted for carrying out these activities is consistent with the system of a current economy, that is, an unsustainable system. Given this, the study based on analyzing how the adoption of innovations in agribusiness in the Corede Colonial Region is configured. To this end, the objective was to characterize the innovation and adoption of technologies in agribusiness in the municipalities of the Colonial Northwest. In the same way, a bibliographical review carried out regarding the theme of innovation in Brazilian agriculture, characterized the agricultural establishments of the Colonial Northwest Corede from the adoption of technologies, as well as the innovations in agricultural establishments in the region of the region study. The methodology adopted in the study operationalized in two stages. In the first stage, a bibliographic review, based on scientific production, focused on two axes. The first is that of technological innovation, from a theoretical perspective, and the second, a discussion based on innovation in agribusiness, from an evolutionary perspective. The second stage consisted of an analysis of data collected from the 2017 Agricultural Census. Initially data collected at the state level, and later, the results obtained for the Colonial Northwest Corede Region were stratified. In general, it is possible to identify a significant use of innovations in agricultural establishments in the Colonial Northwest Corede region, given the significant number of no-till farming, machines and equipment, and demonstrates the high degree of mechanization and intensification of processes in agriculture. This aspect was observed both in municipalities that have larger properties (Joia and Pejuçara, for example), as well as in municipalities of smaller areas (Augusto Pestana and Ijuí)