PRODUCTION AND SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CATTLE AND BUFFALO PRODUCTION ARRANGEMENT IN THE ARCHIPELAGO OF MARAJÓ, BRAZIL

  • Cyntia Meireles de Oliveira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
  • Carlos André Corrêa de Mattos Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
  • Antônio Cordeiro de Santana Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
Keywords: Local Productive Arrangement, Marajó, Livestock

Abstract

Local Production Arrangement for livestock and buffalo in Marajó PA Brazil is not merely relevant for the generation of profits and labor but it also provides assets due to its geographic conditions for meat, milk and value-added rates, such as the Marajó cheese. The choice of the Island of Marajó as a Biosphere Reserve is a great business opportunity and is a challenge for sustainable development. Since the social and economic importance of the production network in Marajó is acknowledged, the production chain of Marajó cattle production will be described and analyzed. Research was undertaken in the municipalities of Soure and Salvaterra within the Arari micro-region, coupling primary and secondary research. Questionnaires were handed to 23 producers, network agents, associations and cooperatives. Due to difficulties in establishing links involving social capital, only slight involvement of government institutions has been detected within the coordination of research and rural extension, coupled to individual behavior of producers. Since farms use rudimentary technology, management, genetic selection and administration are deficient. Local Productive Arrangement of the Marajó livestock has been scantily efficient in spite of its great capacity for production on natural pastureland. It fails to provide signs of development since it is not internalized and does not make possible the generation of forward and backward sequences.

Author Biographies

Cyntia Meireles de Oliveira, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
Doutora em Ciências Agrárias pela Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Brasil; Docente da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Instituto Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos (ISARH); Docente Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação Strico sensu em Administração PPAD (Mestrado/Doutorado) da Universidade da Amazônia (UNAMA), Brasil.
Carlos André Corrêa de Mattos, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
Doutor em Ciências Agrárias pela Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA); Docente permanente do Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Pública do Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos (NAEA) e da Faculdade de Administração (FAAD) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPa), Brasil
Antônio Cordeiro de Santana, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA)
Doutor em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV); Docente Titular da Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia pós-graduação (Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Local na Amazônia e em Aquicultura e Recursos Aquáticos Tropicais, e Doutorado em Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Trópico Úmido), Brasil.
Published
2016-03-31
Section
Agrobusiness