Diagnóstico do uso de ferramentas de gestão em propriedades rurais no semiárido paraibano

Abstract

The objective of this study was to carry out a survey of the management tools used by farm producers in the municipalities of Alagoa Grande, Areia and Remígio - PB. For this, 88 interviews were carried out through the use of semi-structured questionnaires, containing objective questions with multiple choice and discursive answers, divided into three parts, the first consisting of questions carried out to collect socioeconomic information, the second part sought to carry out the characterization of properties and the third part composed the information about the use of management tools, applied in the period of February, March and April 2020. The research took place in an exploratory character, with the use of qualitative and quantitative methodology. After data collection, these were transcribed in electronic spreadsheets and analyzed, using descriptive statistics and percentage frequency distribution. With regard to the social characterization of the participating public, 64.77% of respondents are male and 35.23% female, aged between 18 and 70 years old, producing in the family farming model, since most of the interviewees use labor from people in the family nucleus. Although family farming is timid, it is extremely important for commercial activities related to Brazilian agribusiness, having an important participation in the supply of food for the consumption of the population that makes up the domestic market. Thus, the exposed research was not intended to be conclusive, but to serve as a guiding and subsidizing instrument for carrying out future work in the area under study.