Fatores associados à adoção de tecnologia na cultura do caju: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The objetives of this thesis are the identification and analysis of the variables associated to the adoption of tecnologies recomended to the cashew culture, as well as to describe the personnel and gocio-economic characteristics of the producere of the Serra do Mel-RN town. The data were obtained throght the aplication of questions answered by 123 producers of the above town, where the cashew culture is the principal economic activity. The data obtained were submited to table analysis , correlation and regression analysis. lt was verified that the majority of the producers come from the rural area, has a satisfatory experience with the cashew culture, travel, hag contact with liderances, take part on associations and don't know how to read or write. A lot of them used rural credit, extended the cashew exploration and consider good the quality of the soil, high the pricesof the fertilizers and pectícides, low the prices of the cashew nut and for this reasons don't has any profit; most of them are algo against risc. The technological level and the grade of technological adoption are insuficients. The technologies/products less known are: seeds and cloned plante, preparation and planting of cloned plante, graft, bud, mulching, fungicides, inseticides and betterient of cashew nut, while the most known are: spacement, seed selection, partnerghipment, cleanliness pruning, inseticides, formicides, storement, cleaned of the area and harvest, being the last two correctely utilized. The variables that better explain the technological level are: age, education, origyn, experience, lenght of the exploration, quality of the soil and availability and use of fertilizers, pecticides and machines. Concerning the reason of the adoption grade, vere relevant just the availability and use of machines and fertilizers and pecticides, the lenght of the exploration, the quality of the soil and the midia.