Análise da transferência de tecnologia no aproveitamento de efluentes nas indústrias da cadeia de carne bovina

Abstract

The beef processing chain generates an excessive amount of waste, such as effluents, resulting from the use of water in its operations. These industries generate two types of effluents: red line effluents which contain blood in their composition, and the green line effluents free of blood. The proper treatment and disposal of effluents is one of the main concerns of this production chain, as its effluents have a high contamination potential. This makes evident the need for studies that involve technology transfer in the formation of strategic partnerships between universities, companies and government. Thus, the research sought to answer how the use of post-treatment effluents in beef industries can be mediated by technology transfer. As a general objective, this work analyzed how technology transfer can optimize the use of posttreatment effluents from meat industry chains. As methodological procedures, this research was classified as qualitative and quantitative. It was an exploratory, bibliographical and documentary research. A questionnaire was applied to meat industries in northern Tocantins. The bibliographic content was collected from the Scielo, Science Direct, Scopus and Web of Science databases, the systematic literature review was conducted applying the Methodi Ordinatio. The results showed that industries are open to research and development of technologies for effluent treatment. The industries participating in the research reuse their effluents through fertigation. Through the questionnaire applied, partnership projects between companies were identified, but there was a lack of technology transfer, which resulted in an individual search for technological solutions and indicated a scenario of untapped opportunities, which could have been enhanced through a collaborative technology sharing system.