Nível Tecnológico E Fatores De Decisão Para Adoção De Tecnologia Na Produção De Caju No Ceará.

Abstract

Este artigo investiga o processo de adoção tecnológica na cajucultura doCeará. Para alcançar este objetivo, foi realizado um levantamento de dados junto aosprodutores de caju do Ceará. Quanto à mensuração do nível tecnológico dos produtores,foram analisadas variáveis relacionadas com práticas do sistema de produção de caju.Adicionalmente, foram estimados coeficientes para as variáveis que influenciam a adoçãode tecnologias por meio de um modelo de regressão Logit. Observou-se que aspropriedades ocupadas com o caju-de-mesa têm a melhor tecnologia de produção, vistoque utilizam 46,7% da tecnologia recomendada, enquanto as voltadas para a produçãode suco e castanha usam apenas 36,4 e 30,1%, respectivamente. O acesso ao crédito eos preços da castanha e do pedúnculo foram os principais fatores determinantes daadoção de tecnologias na cajucultura no Ceará.

The Technological Level of Agricultural Mechanization in the State of Ceará, Brazil

“…A questionnaire was designed with specific questions about agricultural machines, maintenance, and energy use. The questions were structured to make it possible to use the method described in the dissertation of Lima (2010), and the questionnaire was sent to ]small, medium and large farms. The grid of technological responses was defined according to the possible answers that can be quantified according to the methodologies and research of Silveira (2001), Witney (1998) and Lima (2010).…”

“…According to Lima (2010), this index can be used to assign a different technological standard for all the farms that can be defined as follows: Technological Standard I, Ib values ranging between 0.75 and 1.00; technological standard II, Ib values ranging between 0.50 and 0.75; Standard technology III, Ib values ranging between 0.25 and 0.50; IV technological standard, Ib values ranging between 0.00 and 0.25.…”

“…This Study adopted the following relationships between the terminology of technological levels defined by Silveira (2001) and the technological standards set by Lima (2010): Technological Standard IV = M1 levels (human) and M2 (animal); technological standard III = M3 level (primary); technological standard II = M4 level (engine); technological standard I = M5 level (automation).…”

Determinant factors in adopting socio-environmental certifications in coffee farms¹

“…In a more recent study, also in Ceará, Lima et al (2010) investigated the determinants of adoption of technology in the cashew culture. The determining factors were: access to credit, cashew cultivation as the main activity, the price paid for the product and a larger area cultivated with "cajueiro-anão precoce"(Early Dwarf Cashew), which is a variety technologically superior.…”

“…There are several studies related to the adoption of new technologies or processes by farmers (OLIVEIRA, KHAN and LIMA, 2005;MONTE and TEIXEIRA, 2006;ISGIN et al 2008;MONTEIRO and CASWELL, 2009;LIMA et al 2010). These studies point out farmer and propriety characteristics, such as education degree or crop yield as determinants of new technologies and processes adoption.…”