Open AccessAutonomation in broiler production: a comparative analysis
Author(s) -
Dalila Cisco Collatto,
Anete Petrusch,
Daniel Pacheco Lacerda,
Fábio Sartori Piran,
Ricardo Brandão Mansilha
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the international food and agribusiness management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1559-2448
pISSN - 1096-7508
DOI - 10.22434/ifamr2017.0025
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , productivity , production (economics) , business , revenue , broiler , agricultural science , product (mathematics) , modernization theory , quality (philosophy) , agricultural economics , operations management , economics , environmental science , geography , economic growth , mathematics , zoology , biology , accounting , philosophy , geometry , archaeology , epistemology , macroeconomics
Factors such as quality, health and price have contributed to improving broiler productivity in Brazil. Modernization and the use of instruments, such as a proper management of birds, health, balanced nutrition, genetic improvement and integrated yield have been researched by companies. Partnerships between industry, automatic systems and broiler farmers also contribute to the technical improvement of the broiler production process, resulting in reduced production costs and increased quality of the final product. In this context, this article aims to analyze the possibilities of autonomation in the context of broiler production. We conducted a qualitative, exploratory and comparative analysis by performing a documentary research. Collected data allowed a comparative analysis of the reduction of losses and increasing revenue (gross revenue). The results refer to two scenarios: (1) an aviary without autonomation; and (2) an autonomated aviary. The results point to an improvement in productivity by the autonomation of the broiler production process.