FROM RESEARCH TO ESTABLISHED PRODUCTION: ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY LEVEL
(TRL) IN AGRIBUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO
Agribusiness; Intellectual Property; Technological Maturity Level (Technology Readiness Level).
The objective of this study is to analyze the level of technological maturity (TRL) of projects in the Agribusiness area at the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT). As a research methodology, it was qualitative and quantitative in nature, with a descriptive and explanatory objective. As for the type, documentary research and case study. For this, the research universe was UNEMAT, the sample was made up of the institution's 13 campuses, with project publications and research reports linked to the agribusiness area being the object of analysis. For analysis, the Technological Maturity Level Scale (TRL) was used, considering 9 levels ranging from basic research (TRL 1) to commercial implementation (TRL 9), to classify the technological maturity of the research. To construct the theoretical review chapter, a study was carried out using the bibliometric technique in the Web of Science database (CAPES, 2024), searching for “Technology Readiness Levels” (TRL) OR “Manufacturing Readiness Levels” (MRL), to identify publications over the last 10 years, with the aim of knowing the annual frequencies of article publications, authors, affiliations, countries, areas, languages and, frequency of citations and mention of studies most cited by other authors. Therefore, it emphasizes that it is not yet part of this work, however, the analysis is under construction, according to the following stages: in the first phase, data collection was carried out with the Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies (PRPPG) from UNEMAT, which provided information and documents related to institutionalized research groups, ongoing projects and number of teachers per campus. Next, AGINOV's Intellectual Property portfolio, 2022 edition, was analyzed to verify the institution's technological showcase, including data on patents, computer programs, cultivars and innovation environments.