Vulnerabilities and Entitlements in the Dairy Livestock in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Marks Macahdo, José Tobias
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Dabdab Waquil, Paulo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/18276
• topic: Cambios socio productivos; Enfoque de Capacidades; Ganadería lechera; Ganadero; Mudanças socioprodutivas; Abordagem das Capacitações; Bovinocultura leiteira; Pecuaristas; Socio-productive change; Capabilities Approach; Dairy Cattle Farming; Ranchers

This article aimed to analyze the vulnerabilities that permeate the development of dairy activity in Rio Grande do Sul. The theoretical framework used was based on Amartya Sen's understanding of entitlements and on a systemic perspective of understanding vulnerability. Thirty-six (36) vulnerability indicators were established. A total of 110 farmers were interviewed, distributed in 29 municipalities. For the analysis of the quantitative data collected, descriptive statistics, Spearman's correlation and the chi-square test were used. As a result, it is noted that the workforce is presented as a fundamental entitlement. Thus, the availability of workers for the development of the activity, the existence of a successor in the farm and the availability of time for leisure activities are indicators of vulnerability frequently cited by producers. The availability of land for production stands out as an important entitlement for addressing vulnerabilities. The price received for the product, the variations in the price received and the recurrent droughts are sources of vulnerability recognized by at least 84% of the milk producers interviewed in this study. Finally, competition for the area held by soybean production, which has increased land costs, is attributed as a vulnerability by more than half of ranchers.