Avaliação do consumo de carne ovina na região do Médio Sertão Alagoano

Sheep breeding in the Alagoas backwoods is quite frequent and mainly family, which favors the consumption of meat products and consequently a direct relationship between the consumer and the seller. The objective of this study was to evaluate the sheep meat consumer profile in the middle of the Alagoas countryside. The survey was conducted through interviews with 200 people approached in the municipalities of Maravilha and Santana do Ipanema, from May to June. Through the application of structured questionnaires in order to capture the socioeconomic profile and consumption of sheep meat. The questionnaire has a total of 20 questions. Data were analyzed and expressed as percentages. After tabulating the data, it was observed that 30%, 29 and 40% of respondents from Santana do Ipanema and Maravilha respectively corresponded to the age group of 21 to 25 years, while gender 56% and 70% were male for the municipalities. Santana do Ipanema and Maravilha respectively. The price most frequently disbursed by respondents in 1kg of sheep meat in the municipality of Santana do Ipanema was R$ 20.00 (24%) and R$ 18.00 (20%) and Wonder the most frequently price was $ 17 .00 (22%). The main place of purchase of sheep meat is in refrigerated (36%) and free markets (32%) in Santana do Ipanema, however in Maravilha the main supplier of sheep meat is the producers with 29% of frequency of acquisition of respondents and 27% buy the product in free markets. It was evidenced that the main supplier of sheep meat is the family farmer, it was also observed that the sheep meat has longer period of consumption in festive periods.