Estrutura administrativa e comercial da apicultura em São Bentinho - Paraíba.

Abstract

Beekeeping is an activity that provides economic and social development in the Northeast, offering great opportunities for family farms. It promotes family development, as well as generating jobs and income to the man contributes to the reduction of rural exodus. The data of this study were obtained by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, applied directly to producers and beekeepers association of leaders of the community studied. The questionnaires were based on methodology used by (EMBRAPA, 2002; SOUSA, 2003; MARTINS 2005 and SOUSA, 2013). This study aimed to point out the existing structure in the administration and marketing of Africanized honey bee in São Bento-PB. It was interviewed 19 beekeepers in the association. The Quality of Life Index was developed by Fernandes (1997); (SOUSA, 2003). Following the methodology proposed by Sousa (2003); Martins (2005), indicators for the composition of environmental index based on activities carried out by the producers have been established and they are representative for the environmental assessment and these were assigned values from O to 2. For the composition of this particular index, indicators used to report ratios of capital, Quality of Life and Environment, and therefore necessarily have been measured. In IQV parameter leisure indicator obtained below (0.1111). In the composition of ICS, values for all parameters was the same 0.1429. The Sustainability Index was acquired from the three indices (ICS), (QLI and (IA), aiming at the participation of each of these for sustainable development in beekeeping in São Bento, PB. The index greater than contributed to the composition of the sustainability index was that of Social Capital (1.0000). As the sustainability index was 1.9595, the interdependence between the three indexes (ICS IQV and IA) shows that the decrease or increase of any of them interfere directly and proportionately in others, and the environment as a whole. In order, to have sustainable development and a balanced environment, the main problems that should be priorities by the competent authorities are: the economic order, technological order, and water retention projects, social, environmental and of health.