Vulnerabilidade da agropecuária familiar produtora de leite do Seridó potiguar

Abstract

This project aims to evaluate the vulnerability of family farming that produces milk in Seridó Potiguar, analyzing and understanding the factors that influence it. The study was based on vulnerability analysis chart developed by Turner et al (2003a) , in which the vulnerability involves not only the exposure to hazards , but also the sensitivity and resilience of the system . Data collection was conducted between the months of May and June, in 2013, through questionnaires with 30 producers in the region. Data were tabulated in spreadsheets and analyzed using descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. High levels of exposure and sensitivity were found, as well as a low level of resilience. The result of the study shows that the system is considered at a high level of vulnerability, but the final average found is located very close to the boundary between low and high, showing that there is still a great opportunity to reverse this situation if necessary changes begin to be made in time. It is necessary to continue studies to monitor developments in this situation of vulnerability, identifying of risk categories for which alternatives are consistent with the real needs of producers, seeking to promote a local socioeconomic development and moving toward sustainability of the whole system in the short, medium and long term.