Development of dairy farming in the state of Tocantins in recent years

Abstract

Dairy farming has a fundamental role in the rural environment and in the economy of the country, with this, the research aimed to analyze the activity in the state of Tocantins in the last decade and used statistical data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The territory adopted for the research was the state of Tocantins. The study was developed from the productive history of the dairy chair in the last decade. In this study, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) was used as a research source in order to collect productivity variables from all 139 municipalities in the state of Tocantins. Data on milk production from 2010 to 2019 were used for the research project. The data were submitted to analysis of variance and the means were compared by the Scott-Knott test. In relation to annual production, there was a progressive increase, ranging from 2074.49 million liters in 2011 to 3215.96 million liters in 2017, that is, it presented an increase of 55.02%. As for productivity, there was a considerable increase, with higher rates in the years 2018 (924.84 liters.year-1) and 2019 (909.22 liters.year-1) and the lowest were in charge of the years 2013 (608.25 liters.year-1), 2012 (612.39 liters.year-1) and 2011 (622.68 liters.year-1). The dairy chain showed an increase in productivity between the years 2010 to 2019, and there is still potential to increase, because when compared to other Brazilian states, the average of Tocantins is still considered low.