The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) classifies functional foods as those that contain a functional property and those that help health maintenance. The objective of this study was to characterize the consumer profile of functional dairy foods in the city of Cuiabá-MT. Aiming to identify the profile of this consumer, the following demographic factors were analyzed: gender, family income, schooling, among others. The results showed that the predominant family income was between 2 to 5 minimum wages for group A respondents and 5 to 10 minimum wages for group B interviewees. According to the data found, 50% of the respondents in group A prioritize the nutritional quality in a food product. On the other hand, the respondents in group B value the flavor, 58.3%. It has been found that most consumers in group B believe that the price of functional dairy is fair. However, group A believes that the price of these foods is expensive. The research revealed that a large part of the consumer public has characteristics in common , with emphasis on healthy practices. This way, it was possible to observe that there is a great opportunity for the manufacturers of functional dairy products according to the consumption profile identified in the research.

Brazil's Midwest is composed of four biomes, the Cerrado (Brazilian savannah), predominant in the region; the Pantanal, the largest irrigated plain on the planet; the Amazon biome; and the Atlantic Forest. The Midwest is the largest producer of grains and livestock in Brazil, activities that have a negative impact on environmental preservation. Agrarian reform redistributes land and reinforces small family farming, which many authors consider as favorable to environmental protection. The objective of this study is to characterize the impact of agrarian reform on environmental preservation and agriculture on each biome of the Brazilian Midwest. Fifty-four settlements were surveyed using direct observation and Landsat images available for the year 2014. QGIS software 2.8 Wien was applied to calculate NDVI and NDWI vegetation indices to classify areas of agriculture, pasture, and environmental preservation. Pasture and savannah land occupy the largest areas in all biomes, with the main human activity based on livestock. Most settlements in the Midwest lead to small-scale activities such as dairy farming and polyculture, practices that differ from large-scale farming based on monoculture, and are more favorable to environmental protection.

O alimento integral é aquele definido como pouco ou não processado, sendo esse rico em nutrientes como as fibras. A pesquisa objetivou analisar o perfil do consumidor dos alimentos integrais, juntamente com a determinação dos fatores que motivam esse consumo. Além disso, buscou-se verificar se há uma relação entre consumo de alimentos integrais com a preocupação com a saúde do consumidor. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória, dividida em duas etapas. A primeira composta por um desk research em livros, revistas científicas e web. A segunda etapa compreendeu em um estudo empírico por meio da aplicação de um questionário estruturado. Os resultados da pesquisa permitem observar a relação positiva entre a alimentação e a saúde dos consumidores em relação ao consumo desse tipo de alimento. Acrescido a esse resultado, foi possível constatar que há uma relação entre o grau de instrução com o consumo desse tipo de produto, além dos motivos que influenciam ou não o consumo dos alimentos integrais.

This work aims to characterize the use and occupation of land in rural settlements in the Midwest region of Brazil through remote sensing indexes and the use of free software. We applied NDVI and NDWI indexes employing the software QGIS (QGIS Development Team, 2015) and using 2014 Landsat images (USGS, 2015). We defined five classes of interest: urban, agricultural, livestock, grasses and trees, and forests. For NDVI, the classes were reclassified according to the values obtained in the vegetation cover samples in each study area. Easy to use, the tools enable studies to identify and measure areas of agricultural production, as well as environmental analysis. In addition, it should be emphasized that technologies here employed can be used with images from different periods, since the indexes allow us to record the changes in the soil use and in the environmental quality. So, it allows to verify the evolution of the occupation and soil use.

Recent studies indicate that the expected process of market concentration in the dairy industry in the country was not confirmed after the deregulation that has take place since early 90s. In this scenario, considering the paradigm of Structure-Behavior-Performance (ECD), the research issue guiding this study is: Did the operating and financial performance of dairy companies in Brazil between 1997 and 2006 influence the levels of concentration in the sector? The indicators of operational and financial performance were calculated based on Fleuriet's model (1978) and the analysis of market structure by means of the indicator of the estimate of the concentration ratio-CR (k)of the sector for the period. The study is descriptive and the sample is intended, given the unavailability of financial statements for all companies in the period under analysis. The results of the investigation suggest that the performance of the companies, as per their operational and financial indicators, lead to changes in market structure and in the position of the companiesmeasured by the concentration ratio CR (k).