Desenvolvimento e validação de dispositivo tecnológico destinado aos produtores de lácteos derivados caprinos do Semiárido Paraibano.

Abstract

This study aimed to develop software with a user-friendly interface for use on tablets and smartphones, enabling the use of sensory analysis tools by goat dairy producers in the semiarid region of Paraíba. The first article presents the characterization and analysis of the consumer market for goat dairy products in Paraíba, based on a data collection process using structured questionnaires administered digitally to 129 individuals. The second article profiles goat dairy producers in the semiarid region of Paraíba and gathers opinions on the characteristics and functionalities of a computational tool designed to assist them in implementing food sensory analysis during the development of new products. This tool was administered through questionnaires administered during technical visits to the properties of six entrepreneurial producers identified based on geographic and production characteristics. The third article aims to reveal the application's creation phases, based on requests gathered in previous stages, and its subsequent validation, guided by the NBR ISO/IEC 14598-6 standard by eight (8) experts in Food Engineering and Computer Science, using quality factors defined by ISO/IEC 25010. As a whole, the work constitutes a structured framework for identifying the needs of a specific production sector, studying its context, proposing and developing a technological tool capable of adding value to the production process, and finally testing and approving it. As proposals for future studies, we suggest increasing the number of individuals from the production sector participating and adding additional features to the application, making it more efficient.