Análise de eficiência de uso de recursos na pecuária de corte do Estado do Espírito Santo

Abstract

The beef cattle production is the one rof the most important ecohomic enterprises in the state of Espírito Santo, especifically bhe region of Nova Venécia. Allocation of credit resources hâ^ bee:i increased to that sector, but there are little studies about the efficiency in response of beef cattle production in the state of Espírito Santo and in the region of Nova Venécia. The objective of this research was to estimate a Cobb-Dou glas production function in order to verify the resource allocation of teef cattle enterprise in the region of Nova Venécia, state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. The data were gathered from 1976 to 1977 and the method of estimating the parameters of the production function least squares method. The money value of beef cattle production is the dependent va r:Lable (y) and the land área with pasture and range (X9) ; money va- .ue with labor force (X8); money value invested in veterinary con trol (X7); and money value of building (X3); are the explanatory va riables. The elasticity of production for land, labor, and buildings show us those factor being used in the rational stage of production. (stage II) and veterinary control being used in stage III - irratio nal stage of production. The relationship between the value of marginal product and price of factors for land, labor and veterinary control found these resource in the non-optimal levei of utilization, except for buildin«j resources. Results have also demonstrated that the factor-labor -should be invested in more heavily, while the investments in the fa<ptors-land and veterinary control - should be reduced. In order to study the analysis of response of resources another production functions should be fitted and should be analysed, with more details the results from the production functions estimated.