Avaliação de sistemas de criação leiteiros de pequena escala em transição orgânica

Abstract

This case study of three agricultural production units with dairy farming in transition to organic production was developed in the West of Santa Catarina. Agricultural production units are familiar, small-scale of area and milk production, low capital production, low availability of manpower and located in a region with strong restrictions associated with declivity and soil type. The economic and environmental dimensions of satisfaction, well-being and family welfare were evaluated. These evaluations were performed from selected indicators after conducting interviews with farmers and direct observation of the production systems. The units have proven to be very heterogeneous in the economic dimension, however it was observed hat these units can provide good performance in this dimension. In the other dimensions evaluated the performance was good, only in nutritional level indicator of the herd is that the results reveal a critical situation.