Sustainability of dairy farming in the Brazilian semi-arid region based on vulnerability and socio-ecological resilience
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https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2020.002.0025Keywords:
Municipalities, Producers, HerdsAbstract
Dairy farming has a close relationship with the factors that lead to the vulnerability and resilience of this activity, factors that determine the sustainability of this socio-ecological system. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the sustainability of dairy farming in the Brazilian semi-arid based on vulnerability and socio-ecological resilience. The data collection was carried out in 2018 through questionnaires for a sample of 204 agricultural establishments, divided equally between the Paraíba municipalities of Barra de Santana, Boqueirão and Caturité. Variables were considered: bovine cattle population; the type of intensive, semi-intensive or extensive production system; most used breeds; dairy production; form of commercialization of milk and purchase of feed; number of producers receiving technical assistance; cultivated cactos forage area; area under attack and resistance to Carmine Cochineal. The data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis. The vulnerability of dairy farming in the municipalities studied is mainly due to the lack of technical assistance to producers and the deficiency in the use of management techniques aiming at the control of carmine cochineal Dactylopius sp. The municipality of Caturité was considered more resilient due to the presence of management technologies adopted that result in increased productivity and income for producers, reflecting on the sustainability of the activity. Barra de Santana, on the other hand, is more vulnerable due to the low dairy productivity and the strong presence of intermediaries in comercialization of the products, compromising the sustainability of the activity in the municipality.
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