Indicadores técnicos e econômicos de sistemas de produção de leite da agricultura familiar no agreste de Pernambuco

Abstract

The objective of this study was characterize and evaluate technological, husbandry and socio-economic profiles; identify and quantify benchmarks in dairy cattle production systems on family farms from Agreste Pernambucano. To identify and quantify the benchmark indicators was evaluated a database of the Academic Unit of Garanhuns/UFRPE, collected monthly and updated by the Foundation of the General Price Index Getúlio Vargas (IGP-FGV). The benchmark indicators correlated and their values in the four scenarios were: average milk production/lactating cow, average milk production; lactating cows/total herd; milk production/labor; milk production/area; average milk price; effective operational cost/milk price; total operational cost/milk price; total cost/milk price; labour spend/gross milk income; concentrate spend/ gross milk income; capital stock with land; capital invested per liter of milk and profitability. Economic indicators: average milk production, milk production by lactating cows, milk production by labour, milk production by area and milk price were positively correlated with the rate of return on capital invested in the dairy business. The indicators: effective operational cost, total operational cost and total cost/milk price, labour spend and concentrated spend/gross milk income, capital stock with land and capital invested per liter of milk were correlated negatively with rate of return on capital invested in the dairy business. For the analyzed familiar farms can become competitive and therefore profitable, it is required to identify and quantify benchmark indicators most correlated to profitability, aiming to diagnose the weaknesses of dairy farming in this region and increase animal production and land.