Analysis of the technological innovation system in precision agriculture in Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Analysis of the technological innovation system in precision agriculture in Brazil
Received 14th July, 2020; Received in revised form 18th August, 2020; Accepted 21st September, 2020; Published online 30th October, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Váldeson Amaro Lima. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present study aimed to investigate the operation of innovation activities in precision agriculture in Brazil, from the viewpoint of the technological innovation system, based on the functions established in the literature on this topic, analyzing each function and the interactions between functions. To do so, it followed the theoretical framework of evolutionary economics and the consequent framework of innovation systems, centered on the technological innovation systems perspective, based on a methodological approach that considered aspects of quantitative research, with the application of 217 questionnaires. The results indicate that precision agriculture is in the development stage in Brazil, with a greater role of the systemic function of knowledge exchange. The conclusions show that the relation between functions varies according to the technology under analysis and due to external factors that interact with it. Besides the technology development phase, and it is not possible to establish a fixed standard, as proposed in the literature.
