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Abstract
The object of this study was to evaluate pig culture in Vale do Piranga (Zona da Mata) in Minas
Gerais in 2001 technically and managementally. Specifically, it was intended to characterize the
administrative and technological profile of pig culture in the area under study. For its
characterization in Vale do Piranga, a survey was carried out with the producers, through objective
questions and a posterior quantitative analysis. In this area pig culture presents high technical
features and efficiency in a confined production system. However, part of the producers in this
region have no business point of view and rational technical resources control, especially the
financial ones.