Transformações decorrentes das inovações tecnológicas no setor agrícola pós década de 1970

Abstract

Brazil, since the 1960s and 1970s, has shown an intensification os its industrialization, urbanization and economic growth processess, however these advances were not matched by the Country’s agricultural sector, whose internal food suply was provided by imports. This situation began to be reversed with the advance od mechanization of the agricultural sector in activities such as soil preparation, fertilization, pulverization and harvesting and with the introduction of new technologies in the countryside that modified the levels of productivity and efficiency. Thus, the present work aims to highlight the the importance of the technologies’ advancement in its different periods for the the development of Brazilian agriculture. It seeks to unsderstand how the introduction and development of Biotechnology, Precision Agriculture an Agriculture 4.0 takes place, in addiction to emphasize its advantages and possible disadvantages, through the exploratory research method, based on a bibliographic survey on the technologies. As results, the research shows that Biotechnology has opened doors to new technologies implemented in the field that have reduced crop losses and reduced production costs, the Precision Agriculture made it possible to evaluate rural properties with greater precision and indicated the most appropriate corrections, resulting in increased produtivity and reduced costs. Finally, the Agriculture 4.0 reveals itself as a evolution of Precison Agricultre, which allows improving and enhancing actions and decision-making in the field, culminating in cost reduction with water use, with fertilizers use and use of pesticides, maximizing all operacional actions and linking them in a positive way.