Socioeconomic impacts of adopting technology in rural areas by small and medium producers

• Grant number: 25/10367-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2025
• End date: June 30, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Henrique Montagnana Vicente Leme
• Grantee: Mateus da Mata Melo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (FCSA). Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Lavras , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/09319-9 - Center of Science for Development in Digital Agriculture - CCD-AD/SemeAr, AP.CCD

Abstract

Agriculture 4.0 represents a great potential contribution to increasing the competitiveness of Brazilian agribusiness. In order to take advantage of this potential, the aim is to identify and propose strategic practices together with farmers and cattle ranchers in the Agro-Technological Districts (ATDs) through multidisciplinary practices. In order to achieve the proposed objective, mapping will be carried out in the regions of all the DATs, previously defined by CPAD, and then monitored using indicators. Using quantitative (surveys) and qualitative (interviews, focus groups) studies, the aim is to understand how the process of technology adoption by Brazilian farmers and cattle ranchers takes place and how this technology makes it possible to improve the socio-economic conditions of the producer and the ecosystem in which he is inserted. Based on the aggregated data, the aim is to carry out diagnoses that will support the development of solutions for farmers and cattle ranchers, technical reports and scientific research aimed at disseminating the impact of this project's actions in the context of rural producers, and training according to the needs of the actors involved in the TADs. (AU)