Perfil do Orizicultor de abrangência da Região da Associação dos Municípios do Extremo Sul Catarinense

Abstract

The present work aimed to evaluate the producer of rice profile of the Association of Municipalities in the Catarinense Extreme Southern (AMESC) in relation to the utilization rate of certified seeds as well as the cultural practices in the pre-germinated rice cultivation system. For this work development, a questionnaire survey was applied to the farmers of the AMESC region, who cultivate rice into the pre germinated system. All municipalities that cultivate rice in the AMESC comprisement, had interviewed farmers. Forty-eight properties altogether, were searched; just four properties in each country. There was no survey in Balneário Arroio do Silva, Balneário Gaivota and Passo de Torres, where no rice is produced. The work showed that the utilization rate of certified seeds in the rural properties reached (79%), being above the average (53%) of the utilization rate of Brazil certified seeds for irrigated rice. It s possible to conclude the utilization rate of certified seeds in the AMESC region is higher than the Brazilian average. Such component of production contributes for a better productivity and rentability of the catarinense southern rice farmings.