Desenvolvimento e aplicação da rastreabilidade na cadeia de produção de sementes de soja : caso sementes oilema

Abstract

The growing demand of the market for quality seed has been ordering from the production sector a continuous adaptation. In this scenario, traceability constitutes in the ability of integrating the supply chain in a monitoring system, combining official information from the quality control, with the origin guarantee. The aim of this study was to propose and validate an efficient and effective system of traceability for seeds production, using an online software, developed by Checkplant along with Oilema Seeds, in order to ensure the quality and safety of the products obtained, besides of an important marketing tool, differentiating its products, making the supply chain more competitive. Combining informations from the traceability, production historical (local and field production, geographical location, photos of the production field and SPU, SPU lot and packaging date), technical informations (seed treatment) and quality controls (official germination, germination in field, weight of thousand seeds, vigor and viability in tetrazolium, accelerated aging, physical purity and presence of Sclerotinia), the farmer optimizes the resources allocation and begins to best scale the sowing density, reducing costs and the possibility of replanting in his areas. The tracking was applied in the harvest of 2011 in 15.737ha of area, planted with soybean seeds, with a production of 300.000 bags of 40 kg. As the main developments of the proposed system we can mention the integration of traceability to the seed certification, making the system capable of monitoring and joining all the links of the productive chain, in order to eliminate piracy, ensure food security and sustainability