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Socioeconomic Profile of Milk Producers in the Municipality of Olho D’agua das Flores, Alagoas, Brazil

American Journal of Trade and Policy

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Title Socioeconomic Profile of Milk Producers in the Municipality of Olho D’agua das Flores, Alagoas, Brazil
 
Creator Silva, José Crisólogo de Sales; Professor, Animal Science Department, Campus II, State University of Alagoas, Uneal, BRAZIL
Santos, Ademilson Neris dos; Bovine Milk Production, Balde Cheio Division, State University of Alagoas, Uneal, BRAZIL
Miranda, Pedro Alexandre Barbosa Pereira; Zootechnist, Animal Science Department, Federal University of Alagoas, Ufal, BRAZIL
Atroshenko, Andrei; Economist, Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
 
Subject Family farms, Associations, Dairy farming
 
Description Bovine milk is widely considered to be one of the most nutritious foods. It is rich in calcium and other ingredients, such as vitamins, protein and phosphorus. The municipality of Olho d´Água das Flores in the state of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil is located in the microregion of Batalha of the mesoregion of Sertão Alagoano. The interviews for this study have been conducted over a period of 150 days between October 2011 and February 2012, whereby a questionnaire was used to collect the required information. Of the 41 producers interviewed, 37 were family farmers, as defined by the law nº 11.326/2006 of Brazil, relevant legislation currently regulating the classification of producers as “family farmers”, corresponding to 90% of the sample. Despite the properties of those interviewed exhibiting characteristics of differentiated production, continued high-quality technical assistance is the major necessity of the producers, hence the importance of understanding their socioeconomic profile and that of their properties. 
 
Publisher Asian Business Consortium
 
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Date 2015-08-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/ajtp/article/view/580
10.18034/ajtp.v2i2.580
 
Source American Journal of Trade and Policy; Vol 2, No 2 (2015): 5th Issue; 89 - 92
2313-4755
2313-4747
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/ajtp/article/view/580/414
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 José Crisólogo de Sales Silva, Ademilson Neris dos Santos, Pedro Alexandre Barbosa Pereira Miranda, Andrei Atroshenko
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