Sistemas sociotecnológicos de inovação no agronegócio: análise da evolução das funções e motores do sistema de produção de frangos livres de gaiolas de Pelotas

Abstract

This research presents as a general objective to analyze the evolution of functions and interactions between them throughout the events arranged in time in a system of technological innovation (TIS) within agribusiness. Thus, it develops a case study on the production technology of cage-free birds (EMBRAPA/Pelotas), as an innovation system oriented to animal welfare and the sustainability of the production chain. The specific objectives focus on the literature review on TIS, the identification of the participating actors and the strategies for the construction and development of the innovation system by the actors involved in the production technology of free chickens. In methodological terms, we started from the Definition of the TIS of analysis, with the identification of structural components (actors, networks, institutions), identification of the stages of evolution of the TIS, procedural description of the stages of the system and engines and other stages. A questionnaire was applied to the participants of the TIS, in addition to on-site analyses of the authors, with the elaboration of categories for each of the activities proposed in the framework of Planko et al. (2016), added to other theories culminated in the analysis of 9 key processes; Entrepreneurial experimentation, knowledge development, knowledge dissemination, research orientation, market formation, resource mobilization, legitimacy creation, coordination function, sociocultural changes and chain analysis function as a whole. In addition to the analyses within each key process evidenced throughout the events, it was evidenced the interactions and momentum of the functions, using as a basis the theory of (SUURS, 2009), in which it talks about development engines, which are: engine of science and technology, entrepreneurial engine, engine of construction of the system and engine of the market. These engines were evidenced in 3 phases; PHASE I - Creation of TIS (1999) - the Engine of Science and Technology; PHASE II - New stakeholders and entrepreneurial activities (2017) - the Entrepreneurship Engine; PHASE III - The proposition of coordinated actions and the construction of the network (2019) - the Engine of The Construction of the System. In the general calculation, through the articulation between the key areas, the research showed that the analyzed functions evolve and interact over time, that the evaluation model analyzed is pertinent to the case on screen, and that the production of cage-free birds is a niche of economic and social potentiality capable of inducing local and regional strengthening as a possible response to large conglomerates of animal protein.