Avaliação da comercialização de produtos e subprodutos de caprinos e ovinos com a utilização de aplicativo em dispositivos móveis no município de Petrolândia – PE

Abstract

The breeding of goats and sheep is a very old practice in Brazil, mainly in the Northeast, making it possible to generate income for the producer through the sale of meat, viscera, manure, skin, milk and dairy products. A major difficulty encountered by ranchers is the irregular distribution of rain during the year and the greater prevalence of animals with no defined breed pattern, causing the supply of low quality products and by-products in the market. Despite this situation, the creation of small ruminants in the semi-arid region becomes a socioeconomically viable alternative, since this practice has a strong expression for producers. The research was carried out from December 2018 to February 2019, with the possibility of interviewing the owners or managers of 65 establishments, of which 30 supermarkets, 16 establishments within the public market, 1 poultry house, 1 wholesale, 5 butchers, 3 agricultural stores, 5 bakeries, 1 salgadeira and 3 autonomous owners. Information on the marketing of products and by-products, frequency of receipt, quantity purchased by the trader and the type of slaughter used on those animals could be obtained. Among the establishments identified in the city, 85% were considered and 15% could not answer the questionnaires. Of the Establishments with potential for marketing meat, 21.73% sold goat meat, while 17.39% sheep meat. Regarding the marketing of viscera, the city's butchers represent 50% of the total marketing of viscera. In the case of the commercialization of milk and milk products in the city, it was possible to observe that in the city this type of product presents a low expression. As far as fur trading is concerned, its identification was possible in only one point of the city. Regarding the commercialization of manure, it can be seen that it has a low Expression in the agricultural and livestock stores, and it is possible to identify only the sale made by autonomous owners who seek and resell the product. With this, it is possible to infer that the trade of goats and sheep in Petrolândia - PE is marked by a low commercialization of these products and byproducts in formal places, such as supermarkets and agricultural stores, being more common to find these products and byproducts in butchers and public market.