The Transformations of Beef Cattle in the State of Pará

Abstract

This paper made ​​an analysis of the transformations that occurred in the productive activity of beef cattle from the Para Real Plan, the Brazilian System of Identification and Certification of Cattle and Buffaloes - SISBOV and certification of meso south and southeast as free of FMD with vaccination, named by the Government of the State of Pará area I. The research was qualitative in nature, with the methodological procedures bibliographical, documentary and field, being performed through semi-structured interviews, guided by scripts composed of open and closed questions with groups of small, medium and large producers cattle breeders. It was found that from the year 2002, the State of Pará began to participate more actively in international export fresh beef to the European Union and the United States, mainly due to the outbreak of BSE - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as "mad cow disease", which occurred in both countries in 1990, but also because of trade and financial openness of the Brazilian market and currency stabilization, both generated by the Real Plan. The Brazilian market has also undergone changes regarding the marketing of beef, as Brazilian consumers now have greater economic power for the consumption of the product, as well as become more demanding as to their food security.