Análise de eficiência técnica e identificação do perfil gerencial de produtores rurais

Abstract

This job had the intention to identify the technical efficiency leveis of farmers from Central West of Santa Catarina linked to the EMBRAPA project called "Desenvolvimento"- Pigs and Fowls and EPAGRI, to stablish their management profile through the evaluation in the process of decision-making in those farms, farming administration, strategic behavior, management-time and information exchange. Besides, it intended to check the relation between efficient properties and management ability, and vice-versa. The methodology used for taking the technical efficiency leveis was according to Data Envelopment Analysis - DEA and the adopted data forthe quality analysis were collected through survey semistructure. Among the 58 farms analyzed, twelve out of them reached the efficiency frontier, being showed as benchmark for the 46 farms left. Among these 12 farms, one was excluded, being therefore 11 DMU's considered as efficient. After grouping the 58 units, through multivaried analysis, defining five distinct groups for the studied sample, five inefficient farms were chosen, one belonging to each group, at random, with the intent to develop the qualitative research. Beginning with these five inefficient units chosen, we could verify which farms were qualified as benchmark, making it possible to identify, therefore, fbur of them, which could be used for the analysis ofthe efficient ones. The quality study permitted to state that there is a positive co-relation between management ability and technical efficiency. Therefore, it was noticed that the farms showed as technically efficient, didin't perform specific characteristics related to management ability. The observed differencials were just among those whose administrative experience were bigger and for the decision-making sense, it couldn't be explicit any other difference to distinguish both groups (efficient/able and inefficient/unable). One single factor, considered important to this question, was the present integration in just one activity among ali the efficient farms, whose fact couldn't be observed in those inefficient ones. Another point to observe, was the lack of administrative maturing, created specially for the absence ofespecific knowledge and business administration. Finally, intending to demonstrate the contributions of this research to the farmer and entities responsible for the development of the agricultural sector, enforce that the farmer has to be conscious about the importance of the data for the property management. Although the organizations must reconsider their accounting record programs, since they aren't useful as an instrument to take decisions, at least in the way as the resuhs are presented. Besides, there is the need ofthe farmer training about administration principies in a simple and less academic language. Therefore it is suggested the change offocus ofthese entities, in a form to really attend the farmers need. This fact regards basically on the science and art connection, that are basic principies ofgood administration. While one stands out by the scientific knowledge, the other restricts to the art oftrying to rise and develop in the country side.