Participative/Rural Diagnostic Applied on the Hick Poultry and Pig Breeding in Peri-Urban Regions of Senador Canedo (GO)

• Main Authors: Laudicéia Oliveira da Rocha, Raquel Maria de Oliveira, Paulo Hellmeister Filho, Natali Almeida Gomes, Maurízia de Fátima Carneiro, Osvaldo Marques da Silva, Leandro Correa Fernandes
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Centro Universitário de Anápolis 2016-12-01
• Series: Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science
• Online Access: http://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/2035

The objective was to evaluate the breeding practices of hick poultry and pig and the perceptions of the environmental impacts by the small farms producers in properties in the peri-urban region of Senador Canedo (GO), by the participative rural diagnostic. It was applied a semi-structured questionnaire and interview in 67 properties. The hick poultry group was composed of 7,266 animals, bred freely, without appropriated techniques and facilities. The amount of pigs was 2,589, 93,4% of them bred in semi-extensive or extensive system. 72,8% of them were commercialized. The hick poultry and pig breeding generates incomes and provides animal protein for the involved families, although the low technical level, poor concern about zootechnical characteristics and the lack of public policies are aspects to be improved.