Cadeia produtiva do leite: um estudo de caso no município de Itaquiraí-MS

Abstract

The growing worldwide demand for animal products has led producers to seek ways to innovate in the industry. In this way the small producer who, in general, has a production characterized as family farming, needs to find an outlet to stay in the market, increasingly taken by leading technologies that optimize mass production. The objective of this study was to characterize milk production in the municipality of Itaquiraí (MS), identifying the main production mechanisms adopted by the producer to remain active in the sector. A field survey was used where a structured questionnaire with closed-ended multiple-choice questions was applied to 105 milk producers in the municipality. Through visual perception, it was also possible to identify the characteristics of each property interviewed and to compare them with the questionnaires, as well as to make a comparison with the average production of the municipality with that of the state, where it was verified a proximity in the results, being that the state average was 93 liters / property / day and the municipality between 51 and 100 liters / property / day. This result was linked to the Itaquileite project, implemented in the municipality in 2008, which aims to develop the municipality's milk basin, where it prioritizes the development of technologies in artificial insemination and professional training. The study also shows that about 80% of families living in rural areas have their economy based on dairy activity, in which new insertions of technology in production have been observed, gradually entering the dairy production of the smallholder. It was also identified that producers intend to invest in technology in the future, but still run up against the high values, which are currently incompatible, intend to invest in the genetic improvement of the herd, since this is one of the problems faced by the producer. Finally, the milk basin of the municipality of Itaquiraí-MS is characterized as a future power in milk production, but does not have production, technology and innovation similarity among 12 settlements that make up the chain, more advanced settlements than others, and cases that milk agribusiness is not main settlement activity. This work presents theories and limitations, but aims to contribute to future research in the milk chain.