Resumen en inglés

The dairy production chain is a complex system made up of different links, where the basic product is milk production. The objective of this work was the analysis of the agribusiness of the dairy production chain in Montería. The study was carried out in a participatory manner, with the different links of the productive chain, 80 farms located in 10 districts of the municipality of Montería, five collection centers and five processing companies were surveyed; questions were asked about the characteristics of the production units, production volumes and manufactured products, as well as the measurement of innovation through the Agricultural Innovation Survey (ENIAGRO); Similarly, 50 consumers were surveyed to find out product preferences; and finally the physicochemical, compositional and hygienic quality of the milk produced in the production units of the municipality of Montería was evaluated. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics; obtaining that the dairy production chain in Montería is made up mostly of small and medium producers, with a traditional subsistence activity and a medium level of schooling; they have insufficient infrastructure and tools to carry out their activities, one cause of this situation being the lack of investment on their own initiative or by the state, they have low productivity and little degree of associativity. In most of the milk samples evaluated, it was evidenced that the percentages of fat, protein, non-fat solids and total solids are higher than the minimum established by Decree 616 of 2006.