Índice de desempenho competitivo de pisciculturas no estado do Pará, Amazônia, Brasil.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to calculate the competitive performance index (CPI) for fish farming projects in the state of Pará, Brazil. Questionnaires were applied to 51 fish farmers between November 2016 and February 2017. Posteriorly, their projects were classified according to their competitiveness level as: low (CPI ≤ 0.35), intermediate (CPI between 0.36 and 0.69) or high (CPI ≥ 0.70). It was found that mean CPI of fish farming in the Pará State was 0.38, representing an intermediate degree of competitiveness. The highest CPI was 0.57, obtained in a project located in the southeastern region of the state, while the smallest was 0.17, in an initiative in the metropolitan region of Belém.