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Room for manoeuvre in time of the workforce in dairy production systems
- Source :
- Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, Vol 41, Iss 12, Pp 2450-2457 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012.
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Abstract
- The objective of this study was to characterize and to analyze the room for manoeuvre in time in dairy production systems (DPS). Two interviews were conducted in twenty DPS in the Northern region of Paraná, Brazil, with the following objectives: to know the management and practices involving the herd, the land area and the commercialization; and to qualify and evaluate the work organization. In order to build the variables, the repertory grid method was used, and for the typology, the graphic methodology of Bertin adapted to small samples was used. The results showed that the room for manoeuvre in time of the DPS, quantified in hours available per year, varied between the farmers and was related to routine work and seasonal work durations, as well as the autonomy of farmers to perform both works. The routine work was related to the number of cows, but was also explained by the herd management, by the transport equipment for the feed and by the workforce composition. Four types of work organization were identified between sampled DPS, based on room for manoeuvre in time and how they were built. Knowing the room for manoeuvre time and its variables, it is possible to guide the farmers to adjust their dairy production system in order to have more time available for other activities or to develop the dairy production system.
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 15163598 and 18069290
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.63cbce55d841518361a289273b556f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982012001200010