Caracterização de propriedades produtoras de leite nos municípios de Barra do Garças e Pontal do Araguaia - MT

Abstract

Bearing in mind that the vast majority of bovine milk producing properties in the municipalities of Barra do Garças and Pontal do Araguaia - MT, are small, with little technology for the activity and, consequently, low milk production, the present study deals with on the characterization of milk producing properties in the participating municipalities, in order to better understand the situation of such properties. Therefore, it was necessary to characterize the profile of milk producers in the participating municipalities, the management used on the farms in order to plan possible strategies to stimulate dairy activity in the region. A survey was then carried out with the aid of a questionnaire containing 23 quick-answer questions with milk producers in the cited municipalities and analyzed descriptively. In view of this, it was verified that the producers are of an older age, with little technological knowledge due to the lack of technical instructions, since their purchasing power for the activity is low to have technical assistance, since in the region studied, there is no they have no cooperatives, nor free assistance for small producers.