As boas práticas agropecuárias e os determinantes da eficiência técnica na pecuária leiteira

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the contribution of the adoption of good agricultural practices in the management of the determinants of technical efficiency in dairy properties. For this, three specific objectives were formulated. The first objective was to analyze the good agricultural practices adopted in dairy farming and, for which three GAP manuals/guides were used, (FAO e IDF, 2013), (MAPA, 2019) and Embrapa Beef Cattle (VALLE, 2011). From the analysis of these BPAs, an updated list with 20 (twenty) BPAs was obtained. The second objective was to identify the determinants of technical efficiency in dairy farms; for this, the study by Mareth et al. (2017) has been updated. This search found and included 44 new studies by 2021, totaling 86 articles that were part of the systematic literature review. The main determinants found were cows, climate, age, education, location and environment, land and feeding practices, in addition to others that did not provide much analysis such as finance, services, programs and marketing, services, etc. The variable cows was the determinant with the largest number of studies showing statistically significant results. Finally, the third objective was to analyze the relationship between good agricultural practices, the determinants of TE and the environments (internal, socioeconomic, external and operational) of dairy properties. To this end, the 20 BPAs were related to their main determinants, grouping them into internal, external and operational and socioeconomic environments. Therefore, productivity starts with understanding the context of production factors, the impact and importance of determinants on technical efficiency, allowing to determine where and how to allocate resources.