Caracterização da pecuária bovina leiteira no Município de Gado Bravo - PB.

Abstract

The cattle breeding raising focused on milk production is one of the main agricultural sectors in the country, bringing a considerable contribution to the gross domestic product of the Brazilian agrarian sector and being very important for the supply of the domestic market, in addition to the great importance historically played in the country along with the beef cattle and agriculture. Thus, the main objective of this research is to analyze the importance of dairy cattle raising for the organization of the agrarian space in the municipality of Gado Bravo, also considering the socioeconomic and historical importance of the activity at national, regional, and state levels. To achieve this goal, we followed the following methodological path: initially, we carried out a literature review to analyze the context of livestock practice at different levels of analysis, from the national to the local context, we also surveyed statistical data to better understand the practice of activity, both in its economic data and in its productive aspects, in addition to that, we also adopted the observation of the local reality, both for the very experience of life in the place, as well as for carrying out other researches in this area of study. From this it was possible to understand that dairy farming is an important factor in the structuring of the agrarian space of Gado Bravo, being very relevant in historical, social, and economic terms for the local population and occupying prominent positions at the state level about the production process.