Viabilidade de um processo de vigilância tecnológica para organizações de pesquisas agropecuárias

Abstract

Accompany technological advancement through the dissemination of information is an alternative to lessen the obstacles related to the rapid technological growth market. The survey information technological nature can occur through technological surveillance which consists of a tool for managing information. Seen the importance of agriculture for Brazil, and the many research efforts for this sector, this paper aims at facilitating a process of technological surveillance of agricultural research organizations. To achieve this goal we analyzed systematically the available the literature database for the construction of a theoretical framework that served as the basis the other phases of the study, which comprised the identification of management practices on agricultural information technology events, by the centers agricultural research, and analysis of information sources of agricultural research organizations available on the web, aimed at disseminating information and technology transfer between these rural agricultural research organizations and producers. It was found that it is necessary improve the management of technological information produced by the studied events, so that it cannot generate knowledge for the public participant of the event, as well as improve the technical management of technological information used by research organizations concerned since users find it difficult to access information and in some cases even lack of them. With the study of a sequence of steps for the development of technological surveillance, presented in the literature and adapted to the scenario studied, it was found that it is feasible to develop a monitoring process that applied to agricultural research organizations, which enable obtaining information to apply new technologies, create new products and to assess the possible impacts of an event or change in the environment, reducing risks to users of the information disseminated and ensuring the survival of agriculture and agribusiness. These informations can also serve to support innovation, since agriculture is necessary to identify the sources of innovation for the sector, based on the technological trajectories, involving the generation of knowledge that begins with the results of technological surveillance.