Indicadores socioeconômicos da bovinocultura de corte: uma análise sob a ótica da ACV-S

Abstract

The aim of this research was to analyze the evolution of social indicators of the labor market in the sectors of breeding and cattle slaughter for the chain of beef cattle for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul through the Social Life Cycle Assessment for the period from 2002 to 2012. It was drawn up Social Inventory Lifecycle considering the workers for the sectors of breeding and slaughtering of cattle, thus the boundary of this study was characterized as the "cradle to the slaughterhouse." For the construction of indicators was used as database the National Survey by Household Sample Survey - PNAD. From the inventory was drawn socioeconomic profile of workers in the two sectors analyzed. The results showed that in both sectors the majority of the workforce is made up of men. The slaughter sector showed the highest rates of unionization on average over 30% of workers. Identified the existence of child labor only in the cattle breeding sector, however, there was a reduction of the same from 2009. The average annual salary of the cattle sector was higher compared to the slaughter industry, though, this sector had rates higher than 15% of workers receiving the minimum wage less. It was found that the slaughter industry workers have a weekly working hours on average 4.5 hours longer than the cattle breeding sector. In both sectors there was a reduction of this journey over the years, and in 2012 this average was between 40 and 46 hours / week of work. For more than 90% slaughter sector workers are taxpayers of the Social Security Institute, average much higher than the cattle breeding sector, whose average up is below 60%.