A Contribuição da piscicultura para as pequenas propriedades rurais em Dourados-MS

Abstract

Pisciculture is one of the activities of aquaculture - fish farming in freshwater or marine, expanding activity in Brazil and Dourados – MS, due to the natural potential that the country and this region have. Thus, this study aims to analyze the activity of the fish in small farms in Dourados - MS, their participation in social and economic transformations and the generation of income, based on the Strategic Development Plan Production Chain of Fish within the great Dourados – MS. The research is characterized as exploratory, descriptive, qualitative. Empirical research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 20 producers associated with fish farmers Cooperative Aquaculture Producers of Mato Grosso do Sul (MSPeixe) of Dourados, who develop fish farming activity in Dourados - MS. The survey results show that the transformations generate new alternatives agribusiness production and supply chain of fish farming as a new alternative, is expanding with the main bottleneck to marketing. The producers hope is that with the inauguration of the warehouse's Fish reactivate fish farms that are still and fosters activity, since the producers have structure with a condition to increase production. And the Federal government through the MPA has provided resources aiming to finance and foster activity and increase consumption.