Gestão e desempenho em pequenas propriedades de produção leiteira: uma proposta de simplificação do uso de controles

Abstract

Milk production is one of the major sources of income of the small farm, characterized as family agriculture. The western region of Santa Catarina is formed mostly by small farms where milk production represents two-thirds of the state production with over 75% coming from properties with up to twenty hectares. The management in the small rural property needs less complex information which help in the daily decisions. Considering this issue, the objective of this study was to propose a simplified tool to control the performance in order to support the management of small dairy farms, based on economic, financial and zootechnical indicators. The research methodology was of qualitative nature and its structure was organized regarding two aspects: economic - financial and zootechnical with the aim of proposing an easy instrument for the data collection and the generation of relevant indicators to support the management with priority in small dairy farms. The structure, design and validation of the instrument took in consideration a bibliographic research and the analysis and advice of experts in finance and animal husbandry areas. The results consisted of a proposal, based on simplified controls, to be used for recording the daily data and evaluating the main economic - financial and zootechnical indicators identified as relevant and useful to management and decision-making in small dairy property; besides that, the study has an explanatory part with an accessible language aimed at explaining the use and analysis of the results by the producers themselves in order to effectively contribute to management