Calculadora de cubação criada no app Inventor utilizada como ferramenta facilitadora do cálculo de cubação de terra dos agricultores de Itapororoca-PB

Abstract

Technological evolution has brought significant changes to society as a whole, and in the field of agriculture it was no different, the rural farmer needs to follow this evolution to produce better and solve the difficulties encountered, taking on new airs that can be beneficial in the production issue. In agriculture, more specifically on the issue of measuring land using the land cube method, it was noted that farmers had difficulty in solving some mathematical calculation, which would be essential for effective planning. The present work had as general objective to present a study of tools capable of minimizing these difficulties encountered to perform the desired land cubing, using the Cubing Calculation application, developed in the MIT App Inventor. The methodology used in the research in relation to the objectives was exploratory research, as for the technical procedures used in the research is characterized as bibliographic research and case study, on the approach to the problem qualitative research and quantitative research were used. The research was developed with 11 farmers in the city of Itapororoca-PB. The instruments used in the collection of research data were activities carried out, interviews and a diagnostic questionnaire, containing 9 questions, 1 closed and 8 open. Regarding the results, the research showed that using the application allowed farmers to learn how to calculate the size of their land, which was not possible before. It was also found that the practice of using the Cálculo de Cubação application would greatly facilitate the procedure for solving the calculations of Cubeing a plot of land.