In this dissertation, the objective was to analyze the main aspects of technology transfer
proposed by full bucket in the mid-north region of Tocantins, from the producer's point of
view, and propose an application as a facilitating technical tool, validating it with the
producers. This is a technology transfer project conceived by Embrapa in the late 1990s.
Today it is a consolidated project and implemented in all regions of Brazil. In context, the
evolution and the conjuncture of the milk production chain in Brazil and Tocantins, the
concepts of innovation and technology transfer, and the transfer of technology in dairy
farming in the state of Tocantins will be addressed. In this research, the qualitative
perspective was adopted. The data were obtained through a semi-structured questionnaire
applied during visits to 4 properties that are part of the full bucket project in the Tocantinense
municipalities of Pequizeiro, Colinas do Tocantins, Wanderlândia and Filadélfia. Photo
documentation was used in order to capture the elements that were at the margin of the
interviewees' speech. It can be concluded that the full bucket technology transfer project is
enabling a change of paradigms in the vision and posture in relation to the dairy activity of the
producers who are members of the full bucket project in Tocantins, in the analyzed region.
This occurs mainly with regard to the productive potential and income generation of their
dairy properties, rescuing their pride and self-esteem. In the validation of the
INNOFLOWRATE app, it was possible to show a lot of openness for the introduction and
learning of new technologies by the producers, the app was well evaluated by the producers as
a tool that will add to the decision making and planning of one of the pillars of the full bucket
project which is irrigation.
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