Table II. Average values for family and...

Table II.

Average values for family and non-family farms in the Sertão, 2006

Variable	Description	Family D	Family ABC	Non-family
Farms		487,135	368,795	105,614
Production
Milk	Dairy production (liters)	250	1,514	3,975
Cattle	Cattle production (heads)	3.5	8.5	39.9
Goat	Goat production (heads)	1.8	3.5	9.0
Sheep	Sheep production (heads)	2.3	5.2	11.8
Area and inputs
Atotal	Total area (ha)	11.06	20.13	114.36
Anatpast	Natural pasture area (ha)	2.80	5.10	31.65
Adegpast	Degraded pasture area (ha)	0.39	0.65	3.63
Andegpast	Not degraded pasture area (ha)	1.48	2.73	18.91
Aforage	Forage area (ha)	0.33	0.57	3.14
Aforest	Forest area (ha)	3.31	6.40	40.73
Cow	Number of cows (heads)	0.37	1.64	3.84
lf	Total labor force (persons)	2.34	2.51	2.56
Farmer’s characteristics
Female	1 if the farmer is a woman (0,1)	0.166	0.171	0.085
Age	Farmer’s age (years)	46.740	56.776	47.403
School00	1 if the farmer is illiterate (reference of analysis)	0.395	0.486	0.289
School10	1 if the farmer has elementary education with no diploma (0,1)	0.507	0.443	0.486
School11	1 if the farmer has elementary education with diploma (0,1)	0.052	0.036	0.075
School23	1 if the farmer has secondary or superior education (0,1)	0.046	0.035	0.149
Technology and orientation
Coop	1 if member of cooperativism (0,1)	0.013	0.020	0.045
Atraction	1 if farm used animal traction (0,1)	0.391	0.473	0.474
Mtraction	1 if farm used mechanical traction (0,1)	0.232	0.305	0.375
Guidance	1 if farm received technical assistance (0,1)	0.065	0.098	0.173
Diseasec	1 if the farm realized control of diseases or parasites in animals (0,1)	0.364	0.562	0.597
Land management
Fertilizep	1 if farm fertilized pasture (0,1)	0.013	0.021	0.048
Integration	1 if farm used crop to recover pasture (0,1)	0.047	0.058	0.073
Rest	1 if farm used fallow or rest to recover pasture (0,1)	0.084	0.123	0.122
Rotation	1 if farm realized pasture rotation (0,1)	0.103	0.196	0.251
Adaptive measures
Well	1 if farm had a water well (0,1)	0.152	0.244	0.339
Weir	1 if farm had a weir (0,1)	0.095	0.163	0.223
Cistern	1 if farm had a cistern (0,1)	0.242	0.312	0.283
Market and credit
Specialized	1 if the farm was specialized in one product (0,1)	0.534	0.542	0.594
Integrated	1 if the farm was integrated to the market (0,1)	0.344	0.482	0.559
Credit	1 the farm received credit (0,1)	0.128	0.176	0.126

Variable	Description	Family D	Family ABC	Non-family
Farms		487,135	368,795	105,614
Production
Milk	Dairy production (liters)	250	1,514	3,975
Cattle	Cattle production (heads)	3.5	8.5	39.9
Goat	Goat production (heads)	1.8	3.5	9.0
Sheep	Sheep production (heads)	2.3	5.2	11.8
Area and inputs
Atotal	Total area (ha)	11.06	20.13	114.36
Anatpast	Natural pasture area (ha)	2.80	5.10	31.65
Adegpast	Degraded pasture area (ha)	0.39	0.65	3.63
Andegpast	Not degraded pasture area (ha)	1.48	2.73	18.91
Aforage	Forage area (ha)	0.33	0.57	3.14
Aforest	Forest area (ha)	3.31	6.40	40.73
Cow	Number of cows (heads)	0.37	1.64	3.84
lf	Total labor force (persons)	2.34	2.51	2.56
Farmer’s characteristics
Female	1 if the farmer is a woman (0,1)	0.166	0.171	0.085
Age	Farmer’s age (years)	46.740	56.776	47.403
School00	1 if the farmer is illiterate (reference of analysis)	0.395	0.486	0.289
School10	1 if the farmer has elementary education with no diploma (0,1)	0.507	0.443	0.486
School11	1 if the farmer has elementary education with diploma (0,1)	0.052	0.036	0.075
School23	1 if the farmer has secondary or superior education (0,1)	0.046	0.035	0.149
Technology and orientation
Coop	1 if member of cooperativism (0,1)	0.013	0.020	0.045
Atraction	1 if farm used animal traction (0,1)	0.391	0.473	0.474
Mtraction	1 if farm used mechanical traction (0,1)	0.232	0.305	0.375
Guidance	1 if farm received technical assistance (0,1)	0.065	0.098	0.173
Diseasec	1 if the farm realized control of diseases or parasites in animals (0,1)	0.364	0.562	0.597
Land management
Fertilizep	1 if farm fertilized pasture (0,1)	0.013	0.021	0.048
Integration	1 if farm used crop to recover pasture (0,1)	0.047	0.058	0.073
Rest	1 if farm used fallow or rest to recover pasture (0,1)	0.084	0.123	0.122
Rotation	1 if farm realized pasture rotation (0,1)	0.103	0.196	0.251
Adaptive measures
Well	1 if farm had a water well (0,1)	0.152	0.244	0.339
Weir	1 if farm had a weir (0,1)	0.095	0.163	0.223
Cistern	1 if farm had a cistern (0,1)	0.242	0.312	0.283
Market and credit
Specialized	1 if the farm was specialized in one product (0,1)	0.534	0.542	0.594
Integrated	1 if the farm was integrated to the market (0,1)	0.344	0.482	0.559
Credit	1 the farm received credit (0,1)	0.128	0.176	0.126

Source: Agricultural Census 2006 (IBGE)

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