Análise das relações existentes entre custos, volume e lucro da área cultivada com algodão arbóreo (Gossypium hirsutum L. var. maria-galante (Watt) Hutch), de produtores do município de Patos (PB), associados à Cooperativa Agrícola Mista de Patos Ltda, safra 79/80

Abstract

To collect the data the "Survey" method was used, with 38 producers whose total production varied between the minimum of867 and the maximum of 19.896 kiIos ofcotton. The largest portion of funds was required for implaji tation of the culture. The reduced participation of the funds utilized with machinery and equipments caused the factor workman's salary to concentrate a larger amount of the cruzeiros that constitute the variable cost per hectare, marking the system of production as typically manual, therefore 84% of the producers expIored the cul ture in partnership contracts. The total production of cotton from the producers' properties was traded through Cooperativa Agrícola Mista de Patos Ltda, and the production was classified as type 3, fiber 36-38 mm. The productivity was 155,40 kiIos of arbóreaIcotton, above the break-even point established through the reIation between total cost, production in kilos, and total income per hectare. The total income per hectare was Cr$ 4„161,30. the financial result between total income and total cost per hectare of cotton, summed up agross profit of Cr$ 4-268,30 before remunerating the funds utilized, income-tax, and the work of the rural landowner. Wnen the cost of oportunity of funds utilized was deducted a loss of 0$4,20 per hectare was found. The decision of the producer topersist in culti vating arbóreaIcotton on ashort-term basis is justifíed because the cost expended and the family workmanship were remunerated. In face of the results obtained, it is suggested that techonologies already tested in the region, and vhose productivity are higher than the average found be adopted.