Perfil dos produtores rurais da região sul de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

In the national economic scenario, the rural sector and agribusiness have been very important, since these are drivers of the social and economic development of the country, with a significant participation in export sector of assets and products. The objective of that research was to carry out a survey with pertinent information, which could facilitate the understanding of use rural insurance, agricultural zoning, rural technical assistance and rural accounting services, which serve as a source of data for rural producers that aim to use the same. The present study was carried out by means of descriptive research with rural producers, chosen randomly. The research development was the southern region of Mato Grosso do Sul, and the characterization of the present study was based on the questioning that aimed to address the real conditions of rural producers in the region. With the data collection it can be concluded that 86,67% of producers produce soy and/or maize crops at a frequency of 0 to 20 years of production; 53,33% of farmers signed agricultural insurance for soybeans from 0 to 5 crops, and 56,76% from corn with the same number of crops; 93,33% of respondents were satisfied with the use of insurance, however only 44,44% of the producers presented themselves as obligatory; 60% of producers see ZARC as a difficulty in acquiring agricultural insurance; 66,67% report that there is still a need to improve the transfer of information on agricultural insurance and 75,56% of the producers hire private technical assistance and 91,11% use accounting offices.