Análise técnico-econômica da pecuária leiteira no Município de Quixeramobim - Estado do Ceará

Abstract

The milk production has not been enough to attend the demand in Brazil. This is due to the small increasing in production, low degree of specialization, and low farm productivity. Such situation raises concerns because of the globalization trend that requires sustainable sectors and increasing competitivity. The State of Ceará is well placed in this context since it has increasingly imported milk from other states to satisfy the intern demand. Therefore, this study aims to make a technical and economic investigation of the cow milk production in Quixeramobim that has the largest milk production in Ceara. After that, it is identified the main restrictive factors affecting milk production. The technical analysis is done throught out the characterization of produces regarding their technical, political and economic aspects. In the economic analysis, it is used indices of farm economic performance. The results show an unsatisfactory average results for the stratified sample that is composed of four farm groups. For instance, the farm average price of a liter of milk is lower than the cost per liter of milk. Thus, besides the periodic droughts, there are other factors that restrict the activity development such as low farm capital, lack of technical support, inefficient farm management, low productivity of the herd, and lack of policy for the sector.