Characterization of a technology package for the Peruvian green coffee processing with specialty coffee qualities to export

• Autores: Pajuelo Tucto, Ibeth D., Huerta Camones, Luis E.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.lamolina.edu.pe:article/1752
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/acu/article/view/1752
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: tecnología de producto; tecnología de equipo; tecnología de proceso; tecnología de operación; gestión tecnológica.; product technology; equipment technology; process technology; operation technology; technology management

The objective of this study was to define a technology package, in order to provide an inventory of the technologies used during the processing of the Peruvian green coffee with specialty coffee qualities to export, supported by a technological management perspective. The methodology relied on a technology package construction, by identifying, describing and quantifying four of its components, based on a systematic literature review, and five professional’s endorsements; each of them knowledgeable of the technologies used in agricultural products processing. Here, semi-structured interviews (Massachusetts Institute of Technology protocol) were used. As a result, a technology package was obtained with 79 generic technologies, 76 of these are involved during the processing activities, which develop physical, sensorial and cultural specialty coffee qualities, valuable for foreign markets. The package defined has limitations related to technical specifications. However, the study reveals its possible applications to: diagnose the management of current technologies, take decisions according to the specific case needs, and boost a technological forthcoming approach to match technologies with market requirements.