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Pereira, Geronilson Ferreira. "Controle gerencial: ferramenta adaptável em empreendimento agroindustrial e familiar rural." Escola de Administração da Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2014. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/17342.
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Tem se tornado evidente para a comunidade acadêmica, empresarial, nas ações das políticas públicas que a competitividade do mercado, até mesmo da agricultura familiar rural, somente poderá ser construída, em bases sustentáveis, por meio da adoção de práticas que estimulem a união, o controle gerencial e a cooperação entre os agentes e atores econômicos de uma cadeia produtiva e, complementarmente entre os poderes governamentais. Uma proposta junto à associação dos quilombolas do Alto Bonito de uma gestão adequada através de construção coletiva, ofertando condições para inovar que é defendida nessa pesquisa. Na verificação dos efeitos do desconhecimento ou até a utilização inadequada da gestão agroindustrial, foi realizado levantamento bibliográfico e aplicação de questionários com roteiro de entrevista junto aos representantes das agroindústrias. Nas estruturas das agroindústrias, foram identificadas lacunas com relação ao controle gerencial por meio da pesquisa exploratória qualitativa, onde se propõe a implantar um Modelo Controle Gerencial, definindo como umaferramenta de TGS simplificada e suas etapas, com o aparato técnico de uma realidade atual, com possibilidades concretas de médio prazo. Essa implantação é destinada a empreendimentos geridos por empreendedores da zona rural na agroindústria, observando-se as práticas gerenciais, investindo-se em capacitações especializadas e políticas educativas, como ferramenta didática na preparação de jovens e atuais membros da Associação, que de forma pragmática e original, tenha um impacto na sua aplicabilidade, inclusive em outros projetos setoriais, para manter o emprego e aquecimento da economia local. Das mais diversas correntes de pensamento, admitem que uma das maneiras de fortalecer as agroindústrias rurais familiares é a gestão. Conclui-se, que esta agregação de conhecimento e tecnologia pode ocorrer de várias formas, principalmente as que estão relacionadas ao controle gerencial e comercialização. Observa-se, em boa parte das agroindústrias visitadas o desconhecimento ou até a não utilização da lógica de estratégias de controles gerencias, entre outros, havendo necessidade efetiva de orientação de maneira multidisciplinar, de forma a contribuir com a sustentabilidade econômica dos empreendimentos e consequência o desenvolvimento territorial, onde praticamente utilizam de tradicionais sistemas ou mecanismos de controle gerencial básico. It has become evident to the academic community, business, public policy actions in the competitive market, even the rural family farms, can only be built on a sustainable basis, through the adoption of practices that encourage unity, managerial control and cooperation among economic agents and actors of a supply chain and, complementarily between government powers. A proposal with the association of the Maroons Alto Bonito proper management through collective construction, offering conditions for innovation that is advocated in this research. In verifying the effects of ignorance or even improper use of agromanagement, literature survey was conducted and questionnaires to interview script with the representatives of agribusinesses. In the structures of the agricultural industry and gaps with respect to managerial control through exploratory qualitative research, which aims to deploy a Management Control Model, defining it as a tool of TGS and its simplified steps, with the technical apparatus of a current reality were identified, with concrete possibilities to medium term. This deployment is aimed at enterprises run by rural entrepreneurs in agribusiness, observing management practices, investing in specialized skills and education policies, as a teaching tool in preparing youth and current members of the Association, which pragmatically and original, has an impact on their applicability, including in other sector projects, to maintain employment and heating of the local economy. The most diverse currents of thought, admit that one of the ways to strengthen family rural agribusinesses is management. It is concluded that this body of knowledge and technology can take many forms, especially those related to management control and marketing. It is observed largely of visits agribusinesses ignorance or even not using the logic of managerial control strategies, among others, there is need for effective guidance of multidisciplinary way, to contribute to the economic sustainability of projects and consequently the territorial development, where virtually use of traditional systems or mechanisms for basic management control.
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SILVA, Ladjane de Barros. "Percepção dos gestores de recursos humanos sobre as principais competências exigidas no recrutamento e seleção dos gestores técnicos das indústrias de grande porte do agronegócio da Região Metropolitana do Recife." Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2011. http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/4564.
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The changes that have occurred in the economic environment tend to lead to the reformulation of new concepts in special relating to industries, which have been forced to adapt to changes by modifying their structure, operations and production processes. it can be observed the need for a more effective participation of the employees in order to improve the response time of their actions, making the industry more active and competitive. The Brazil has its economy based and dependent on agribusiness, which covers all companies that processing and distribution, produce agricultural inputs and rural properties. This market to represent about 26% of national GDP and is also responsible for more than 40% of the revenue generated from exports. This present study searched to investigate what are the main individual skills required for the technical managers who work in the large industries of the agribusiness in the Metropolitan in the view´s Human Resources managers. The organizations seek in their processes of Recruitment and Selection to identify qualified professionals that meet the demand sectors quickly and clearly. For this it is necessary to define the profile of the professional which is wanted to attract, identifying then the set of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that the professional should have, so it adds economic value to the organization and at the same time social value to itself. The Personnel Management enhances the human dimensions, such as subjectivity, desire, knowledge, intuition and creativity. The managers search to guide the employees to incorporate organizational goals, pledging to carry them out effectively, while accomplishing their personal goals. For the study of multiple cases was used the structuralized interview as research instrument with managers of HR of the agribusiness industries from RMR. The results show that the selected industries are from alimentary segment, 43% also work in the international market and an average of approximately 1,500 employees. Most HR managers are women, specialists in Personnel Management and participating actively in the processes Recruitment and Selection even when they are outsourced. For the position of technical manager of agribusiness, the organizations want to attract professionals aged 30 to 40 years with an experience in the specific area of operation from 2 to 5 years in organizations of similar size and performance for the available position. The results of the study show the main Competencies of Business that the technical manager must have: fulfilment deadlines, focus on quality, managing conflicts in the work environment, continuous process improvement, concern for safety and health, guide learn and to take decisions with impartially. Already the main Competencies Social identified were: to manage conflict, self-development, to stimulate learning and the professional development team, flexibility to deal with personal differences, leadership, pressure tolerance and teamwork. Finally, the main Competencies Technical skills identified in this study as the most important technical managers of agribusiness, were: experience, specific training in the area of operation, knowledge of industrial processes and management for results.
As mudanças que têm ocorrido no ambiente econômico tendem a induzir a reformulação de novos conceitos em especial os relacionados às indústrias, que foram obrigadas a se adaptarem às mudanças, modificando suas estruturas, operações e processos produtivos. Além disso, observa-se a necessidade da participação mais efetiva dos colaboradores no intuito de melhorar o tempo de resposta de suas ações, tornando a indústria mais ágil e competitiva. O Brasil tem sua economia baseada e dependente do agronegócio ou agribusiness, o qual engloba o conjunto de empresas de processamento e distribuição, de insumos agrícolas e propriedades rurais. Este mercado detém cerca de 26% do PIB nacional, sendo responsável por mais de 40% da receita gerada com exportações. O presente estudo buscou investigar quais as principais competências individuais exigidas aos gestores técnicos que atuam nas indústrias de grande porte do agronegócio da Região Metropolitana do Recife na visão dos gestores de Recursos Humano. As organizações buscam em seus processos de Recrutamento e Seleção identificar profissionais capacitados que supram a demanda dos setores com rapidez e objetividade. Para isto, é necessário definir o perfil do profissional que se deseja atrair, identificando, o conjunto de conhecimentos, habilidades, atitudes e valores que o indivíduo deve ter, de forma a agregar valor econômico à organização, e ao mesmo tempo, valor social a si mesmo. A Gestão de Pessoas valoriza as dimensões humanas, como a subjetividade, a vontade, o saber, a intuição e a criatividade. Os gestores buscam orientar os colaboradores a incorporarem os objetivos organizacionais, realizando-os com eficácia, ao mesmo tempo em que, realizam os seus objetivos pessoais. Para o estudo de casos múltiplos foi utilizado como instrumento de pesquisa a entrevista estruturada, com os gestores de RH das indústrias do agronegócio da RMR. Os resultados obtidos mostram que as indústrias selecionadas são do segmento alimentar, 43% atuam também no mercado internacional, e apresentam uma média de aproximadamente 1.500 colaboradores. A maioria dos gestores de RH é formada por mulheres, especialistas em Gestão de Pessoas e que participam ativamente dos processos de Recrutamento e Seleção mesmo quando estes são terceirizados. Para o cargo de gestor técnico do agronegócio, as organizações desejam captar profissionais com idade de 30 a 40 anos, com experiência na área especifica de atuação de 2 a 5 anos e exigem ainda que tenham trabalhado em organizações de porte semelhante para o cargo disponível. Os resultados do estudo mostram as principais Competências de Negócio que os gestores técnicos devem ter: cumprimento de prazos, foco na qualidade, gerenciar conflitos no ambiente de trabalho, melhoria contínua dos processos, preocupação com segurança e saúde, saber orientar e tomar decisões com imparcialidade. Já as principais Competências Sociais identificadas foram: administrar conflitos, autodesenvolvimento, estimular o aprendizado e o desenvolvimento profissional da equipe, flexibilidade para lidar com diferenças pessoais, liderança, tolerância a pressão e trabalho em equipe. E por fim, as competências técnicas identificadas neste trabalho como mais importantes aos gestores técnicos do agronegócio, foram: experiência, formação específica na área de atuação, conhecimento dos processos industriais e gestão para resultados.
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Pivoto, Dieisson. "Governança cooperativa : uma análise dos problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos nas cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/70628.
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As cooperativas agropecuárias são representativas dentro do cooperativismo e do agronegócio brasileiro. O ramo agropecuário possui 23% do total de cooperativas brasileiras (OCB, 2010), com participação considerável em inúmeras cadeias do agronegócio. Apesar da importância dessas organizações, com as mudanças que ocorreram nas últimas décadas na economia brasileira e mundial, como abertura econômica, menor aporte financeiro do estado às cooperativas agropecuárias e internacionalização dos mercados, muitas dessas organizações têm apresentado dificuldade de se manterem no mercado. As cooperativas agropecuárias tradicionais, conforme descreve Cook (1995), possuem os seus direitos de propriedade difusos, gerando problemas de governança (carona, horizonte, portfólio, controle e custos de influência), causando conflitos na organização cooperativa. De acordo com a intensidade dos problemas mencionados, podem levar à liquidação do empreendimento cooperativo. O Rio Grande do Sul apresenta-se como um dos estados onde o cooperativismo teve sua gênese. Diante do exposto, o trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a presença e a intensidade dos problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos, bem como analisar e discutir as estratégias empregadas pelas cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul e presentes na literatura para minimizar esses problemas. Verificou-se que o problema mais intenso nas cooperativas agropecuárias do estado é o do horizonte, sendo seguindo pelo problema do carona, de portfólio, de controle e custos de influência. Constatou-se que, em geral, as cooperativas que têm os “grãos” como principal atividade de negócio apresentam maior intensidade do problema do horizonte e carona que o grupo das demais cooperativas. As cooperativas agropecuárias do estado apresentam um grande número de estratégias e mecanismos para minimizar os problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos, diferindo entre os diferentes grupos de cooperativas. No entanto, a ausência de estratégias para mitigar os problemas em algumas cooperativas, aumenta a incidência dos problemas. Os novos modelos organizacionais de cooperativas podem ser uma forma de minimizar os problemas de governança das cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul.The agriculture cooperatives are representative within Brazilian cooperativism and agribusiness. The agricultural line of business detains 23% of the total of Brazilian cooperatives (OCB, 2010), with a considerable participation in several chains of agribusiness. Despite the importance of these organizations, with the changes that took place in the last decade in the Brazilian and the world’s economy, such as the opening of economy, the diminishing of financial support from the government to the agricultural cooperatives and the internationalization of the market, many organizations such as these have been showing difficulties to keep themselves in the market. The traditional agricultural cooperatives, as Cook describes (1995), have their ownership rights diffused, creating governance issues (“free ride”, horizon, portfolio, control and influence costs), causing conflicts in the cooperative organization. According to the intensity of the issues mentioned above, they can liquidate the cooperative enterprise. Rio Grande do Sul is one of the states where cooperativism had its genesis. Considering what has been presented so far, the goal of this work was to verify the presence and intensity of the issues stemming from the diffused ownership rights, as well as analyze and discuss the strategies used by the agricultural cooperatives of Rio Grande do Sul and that are present in the literature in order to minimize these problems. It was verified that the most intense problem in the agricultural cooperatives in the state is the one related to “horizon”, followed by the “free ride” problem, the portfolio, the control and the influence costs ones. It was also verified that the cooperatives which have “grains” as their main business activity present a greater intensity of the “horizon” and the “free ride” problems, compared to the group of the other cooperatives. The state’s agricultural cooperatives have a great number of strategies and mechanisms to minimize the issues stemming from the diffused ownership rights, differing amongst the different cooperative groups. The lack of strategies to minimize the problems in some cooperatives increases the incidence of these issues. The new organizational models of the cooperatives can be a way of minimizing the governance problems of the agricultural cooperatives of Rio Grande do Sul.
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Milani, Renata. "Análise dos problemas de governança em cooperativas de produtores de leite familiares." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/172077.
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As cooperativas agrícolas são estruturas econômicas intermediárias que possibilitama criação de condições mais favoráveis de relacionamento com os mercados. Conforme Cook (1995), estas organizações apresentam direitos de propriedade difusos ou vagamente definidos acarretando em dificuldades de gestão e ineficiência econômica.A partir dos aspectos mencionados,esta dissertação propôs-se a analisar e discutir a existência do problema do horizonte e do carona em cooperativas de produtores de leite familiares do Rio Grande do Sul, cooperativas estas com perfil diferenciado das organizações analisadas por Cook (1995) e posteriormente por autores brasileiros. Para tanto, utilizou-se de uma amostra intencional não probabilística onde foram pesquisadas 2 cooperativas de produtores de leite familiares.Foram aplicados 31 roteiros de entrevistas semiestruturadas aos produtores de leite cooperados, funcionários e presidentes das organizações selecionadas para o estudo. As entrevistas foram realizadas no segundo semestre de 2016. Os resultados apontam que os produtores possuem uma visão de curto prazo quanto ao empreendimento, ou seja, os produtores não estão dispostos a assumir riscos na organização e estão mais preocupados com sua propriedade agrícola do que com a organização cooperativa. Com relação às estratégias usadas para minimizar estes problemas, constatou-se que estas se apresentam de maneira diferenciada das estratégias propostas por Cook (1995). Percebeu-se ainda que os respondentes não possuem clara percepção das estratégias que são usadas na organização. Além disso, os cooperados não possuem visão clara de seu papel dentro da organização, esta indefinição gera espaço para ações oportunistas prejudicando a gestão das cooperativas. Pode-se considerar que os problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos interferem e podem gerar ineficiências na gestão das organizações cooperativas de produtores de leite familiares no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Portanto, para a sobrevivência destas organizações é necessário que algumas estratégias sejam adotadase outras intensificadas para minimizar os problemas de governança observados.Agricultural cooperatives are intermediary economic structures that allow the creation of more favorable conditions of relationship with the markets. According to Cook (1995), these organizations have diffuse or vaguely defined property rights leading to management difficulties and economic inefficiency. From the mentioned aspects, this dissertation proposed to analyze and discuss the existence of the problem of the horizon and the hitch in cooperatives of milk producers familiar in Rio Grande do Sul, cooperatives with a different profile of the organizations analyzed by Cook (1995) and later by Brazilian authors. For this purpose, a non-probabilistic intentional sample was used in which 2 cooperatives of family milk producers were surveyed. Thirty-one semi-structured interview scripts were applied to the cooperative milk producers, officials and presidents of the organizations selected for the study. Interviews were conducted in the second half of 2016. The results indicate that producers have a short-term view of the enterprise, ie producers are not willing to take risks in the organization and are more concerned with their agricultural property than with the cooperative organization. In relation to the strategies used to minimize these problems, these were presented in a different way from the strategies proposed by Cook (1995) It was also noticed that the respondents do not have a clear perception of the strategies that are used in the organization. In addition, cooperatives do not have a clear vision of their role within the organization, this lack of definition generates space for opportunistic actions that undermine the management of cooperatives. It can be considered that problems stemming from diffuse property rights interfere and may lead to inefficiencies in the management of cooperative organizations of milk producers in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, for the survival of these organizations it is necessary that some strategies be adopted and others intensified to minimize observed governance problems.
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Bradford, Lori E. A. "A complicated chain of circumstances : decision making in the New Zealand wool supply chains." Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/2156.
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This dissertation explores the influences on individual decision making in a complex, real world context – the New Zealand wool supply chain. It asks two fundamental questions, first, how do decision makers make decisions in their everyday settings and, second, how is decision making learned and improved through experience and contextual factors. Two contextual aspects of decision making were also examined; these included whether decision making processes varied as a result of uncertainty and risky surroundings, or in cooperative and competitive environments. Further examination included revealing how being a member of a (multi-layered) group influences individual decision making. In-depth qualitative interviewing of sheep farmers, and associated supply chain members in the wool industry was undertaken. Three key decision journeys were explored from both the 'psychological' and the 'social' schools of social psychology in order to give detail on the flow of decision making influences through human systems (whether entities were present, or implied). One of the main aspects of this study was to employ, by analogy, an analysis inspired by the concept of multi-level selection from evolutionary theory as a means of understanding decision making in such a complex, layered system. Other contributions include commentary on the nature of social psychological studies of decision making, suggestions for the expansion of naturalistic decision making to include processes occurring on more than one 'level' of context, the framing of information in the media and the judgment of information sources on the part of experienced and inexperienced farmers, and, the role that globalization may play in driving decision making behaviour.
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SANTOS, Cristiane Cabral dos. "INDICADORES ESTRATÉGICOS DE DESEMPENHO PARA REVENDAS DE INSUMOS AGRÍCOLAS DO SUDOESTE GOIANO UTILIZANDO O BALANCED SCORECARD." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2010. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/424.
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Previous issue date: 2010-07-13Brazil history, with all the social, cultural and political implications, is directly related to agribusiness, which has presented throughout all this years an increasing, becoming more modern and contributing for the income of the country. The agribusiness sector which has instigated this study was the agricultural inputs reselling, which performs an important role on the products, inputs, equipments and service commercialization. Thus, this dissertation has the objective of indicate a control model for strategic management, which presents performance indicators of agricultural inputs reselling on Southwest Goiás, using a tool for aligning the indicators with the strategic objectives of this area. In order to develop the proposed work, it was used a qualitative approach, being the research considered exploratory-descriptive type, with the data collection based on a semi-structured interview with the companies leaders and by a questionnaire containing discursive and objective questions applied on companies collaborators and clients, with the intention of analyzing the agricultural inputs reselling organizational environment and indentifying the main strategies adopted for those companies. The proposal even presents the strategic and performance indicators suggested to the sector in study. The developed indicators have the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard: financial, clients/market, internal processes, learning and growth. The study allowed concluding the agricultural inputs reselling management is weak and need to be improved. The lack of controls, definition of goals and organizational strategies let the companies vulnerable and without condition of competing in a market where the clients have a lot of options, becoming them evens more demanding. Therefore, the strategic management for the performance monitoring, using indicators aligned with the objectives, can significantly contribute for the competitiveness increasing of the agricultural inputs reselling points on Southwest Goiás, as presented on this work
A história do Brasil com suas implicações sociais, políticas e culturais, está diretamente ligadas ao agronegócio, que ao longo dos anos vem crescendo, se modernizando, e contribuindo para geração de riqueza e renda do País. O setor do agronegócio que instigou este estudo é o de revendas de insumos agrícolas, que desempenha importante papel na comercialização de produtos, insumos, equipamentos, acessórios, implementos e serviços para o setor agropecuário. Assim, esta dissertação teve por objetivo geral indicar um modelo de controle e acompanhamento para a gestão estratégica, que apresente indicadores de desempenho para as revendas de insumos agrícolas no Sudoeste de Goiás, por meio de um instrumento que alinhe os indicadores aos objetivos estratégicos aplicados a este segmento. Para o desenvolvimento do tema proposto foi utilizada a abordagem qualiquantitativa, sendo a pesquisa do tipo exploratória-descritiva, com a coleta de dados baseada em entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os gestores das empresas e questionários com perguntas abertas e fechadas direcionados aos colaboradores das empresas, no intuito de analisar o ambiente organizacional das revendas de insumos agrícolas e identificar as principais estratégias adotadas por tais empresas. O estudo apresenta ainda as estratégias e indicadores de desempenho sugeridos ao segmento em estudo. Os indicadores desenvolvidos contemplam as quatro perspectivas do Balanced Scorecard: financeira; clientes/mercado; processos internos e aprendizado e crescimento. A pesquisa permitiu concluir que a gestão das revendas de insumos agrícolas é frágil e necessita de aprimoramento. A falta de controles, de definição de objetivos e estratégias organizacionais deixam as organizações vulneráveis e sem condições de competirem num mercado onde o cliente apresenta um crescente nível de exigência, e está cercado de opções. Diante deste contexto, a gestão estratégica voltada para o acompanhamento do desempenho através da utilização de indicadores alinhados com os objetivos estratégicos contribui para o aumento da competitividade das revendas de insumos agrícolas do sudoeste goiano, conforme apresentado nesse trabalho
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Powae, Wayne Ishmael. "Fair trade coffee supply chains in the highlands of Papua New Guinea : do they give higher returns to smallholders? : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University /." Diss., Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1413.
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This research focussed on Fair Trade (FT) coffee supply chains in Papua New Guinea. Three research questions were asked. First, do small holders in the FT chains receive higher returns than the smallholders in the conventional chains? Secondly, if smallholders in the FT coffee chains receive higher returns from their coffee than the smallholders in the conventional chains, what are the sources of these higher returns? Finally, if smallholders in the FT chains don't receive higher returns than in the conventional chains, what are the constraints to smallholders receiving higher returns from the FT coffee chains than the conventional chains? A conceptual framework for agribusiness supply chain was developed that was used to guide the field work. A comparative case study methodology was selcted as an appropriate method for eliciting the required information. Four case study chains were selected. A paired FT and conventional coffee chains from Okapa and another paired FT and conventional chains from Kainantu districts, Eastern Highlands Province were selected for the study. The research found that smallholders in the FT chains and vonventional chains receive very similar prices for their coffee (parchment price equivalent). Hence, there was no evidence that smallholders in the FT chains received higher prices or returns from their coffee production than smallholders in conventional chains. This study also found that there was no evidence of FLO certification improving returns to smallholders in the FT chains over those returns received in the conventional chains, but the community that the FT smallholder producers come from did benefit. The sources of these community benefits lies in the shorter FT chains and the distributions of the margin that would have been otherwise made by processors to producers, exporters and the community. In addition, this study found that constraints associated with value creation are similar in all the four chains studies. However, there are some added hurdles for the FT chains in adhering to FT and organic coffee standards. Moreover, FT co-oeratives lacked capacity to trade and their only functions were to help with FLO certification and distribute the FT premium to the community. The findings of this research support some aspects of the literature, but not others. The research contribution is the finding that in this period of high conventional coffee prices, returns to smallholders from FT chains were no bettter than the returns gained in conventional chains, which leads to oppotunism and lack of loyalty by smallholders in the FT chains. The other contribution of this research is in identifying a particular type of free rider who is not a member of the FT co-operative but has right to the community benefits generated by the FT chain.
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Sambodo, Leonardo A. A. T. "The decision making processes of semi-commercial farmers : a case study of technology adoption in Indonesia." Lincoln University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/241.
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An exploration of the creation and use of farmers' commonly used "rules of thumb" is required to conceptualize farmers' decision making processes. While farmers face complex situations, particularly when subsistence is an issue, they do appear to use simple rules in their decision making. To date inadequate attention has been given to understanding their reasoning processes in creating the rules, so this study traces the origins of farmers' beliefs, and extracts the decisive and dynamic elements in their decision making systems to provide this understanding. The analysis was structured by using a model based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Modifications included recognizing a bargaining process (BP) and other decision stimuli to represent socio-cultural influences and sources of perception, respectively. Two analyses based on the Personal Construct Theory (PCT) and the Ethnographic Decision Tree Modelling (EDTM) were also applied to help elaborate the farmers' cognitive process and actual decision criteria. The method involved interviews in two villages in Lamongan Regency in East Java Province of Indonesia, where the farmers adopted an improved paddy-prawn system ("pandu"). The results highlighted that farmers use rational strategies, and that socio-cultural factors influence decision making. This was represented by interactions between the farmers' perceptions, their bargaining effort, and various background factors. The TPB model revealed that the farmers' perceptions about the potential of "pandu", and the interaction with their "significant others", influenced their intention to adopt "pandu". The farmers appeared to prefer a steady income and familiar practices at the same time as obtaining new information, mainly from their peers. When "pandu" failed to show sufficiently profitable results, most farmers decided to ignore or discontinue "pandu". This became the biggest disincentive to a wide and sustainable adoption. However, the PCT analysis showed that part of this problem also stemmed from the farmers' lack of resources and knowledge. The farmers' restrictive conditions also led them to seek socio-cultural and practical support for their actions. This was highlighted by a bargaining process (BP) that integrated what the farmers had learned, and believed, into their adoption behaviour. The BP also captured the farmers' communication strategies when dealing with "pandu" as its adoption affected resource allocation within the family and required cooperation with neighbours. The PCT and EDTM analyses also confirmed how the BP accommodated different sets of decision criteria to form different adoption behaviours. Such a process indicated the importance of considering the adoption decision and the relevant changes resulting from the farmers' cognition. This provided a more dynamic and realistic description of the farmers' decision-making process than has previously been attempted. Overall, the results suggested that semi-commercial farmers need to know, and confirm, that a new technology is significantly superior to the existing system, and can provide a secure income. The introduction of a new technology should use a participatory approach allowing negotiation, conflict mitigation and the creation of consensus among the relevant parties. This can be supported through better access to knowledge, information and financing. A specific and well-targeted policy intervention may also be needed to accommodate the diversity in the farmers' ways of learning and making decisions. Ways to improve the current analytical approaches are also suggested.
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Quan, Truong Tan. "Transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam." Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1557.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate how farmers in Quang Bing Province, Vietnam have been making the transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. This process began in 1986 when the Vietnam economy changed from central planning to a market orientation. The research strategy was based on case study analysis of two communes in each of three agro-ecological zones, defined as coastal, plains and mountains. Within each commune there were six embedded household case studies, i.e 36 in total. Case studies were selected purposively to capture diversity of agro-ecological zones, market access and communications, wealth and income status, and ethnic communities. Households were interviewed twice; first in either late 2006 or early 2007, and again in late 2008. The study was approached using a constructivist paradigm and a lens of livelihood analysis, focusing on resources, institutions, interventions and the dynamics of change. Particular attention was given to the development of markets (inputs, outputs, land, labour and credit) and supply chain factors. Separate measures of commercialisation were constructed based on outputs and inputs, and at the level of both individual activities and the overall household. Investigations were informed by existing theory, but no hypotheses were tested. Instead, the research focused on emergent patterns and insights, and the enrichment and modification of existing theory. A review of literature indicated that the transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture in Vietnam was different from other countries on account of the specific combination of low technology agriculture, typical of much of developing Asia, combined with the transformation from a centrally planned economy to a market orientation as occurred in Central and Eastern European countries. At commune level, the key determinants of commercialisation were strong physical connections to markets, with good road access being paramount. Once all weather road access for motorised vehicles was available, then rapid commercialisation occurred. Supply chains typically developed faster for outputs than inputs. New technologies that increased the yield of basic food crops, and facilitated by Government and NGO programs, led to the release of land resources no longer required for meeting food security needs. Households retained their production of food crops that provided food security, and added additional cash earning activities. At the level of individual households, the commercialisation process was led by entrepreneurial families who perceived opportunities relating to profitable activities, and combined this with hard work. Often these opportunities were linked to what they had observed or learnt elsewhere. Once first movers took up a new technology, others observed and followed. There were many enabling factors, such as access to land, access to capital, and access to credit. However, none of these could be considered a determinant, in that the absence of any one factor did not by itself preclude successful commercialisation. Absence of an active male worker was a major constraint to commercialisation, as was lack of necessary crop and livestock skills. There was evidence that income disparities were increasing between the wealthy and the poor. Output commerciality across all households averaged 88 % in 2008 and was higher for wealthy households (95 %) than poor households (83 %). All households still produced their own food crops, but these crops had low market values and hence had a low impact on the output commerciality index. Output commerciality measured in percentage terms obscured that wealthy families had net incomes almost 13 times greater than poor households. A major theoretical insight was that key commercialisation factors are multiple and context dependent. Accordingly, there is a need in any investigation for a holistic approach, based on a livelihood framework that incorporates the complexities associated with the development of markets, as well as giving consideration to the range of interventions and institutional policies that impact on livelihood development.
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Baretta, Gisley Francisco. "Agribusiness." Florianópolis, SC, 2000. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/79291.
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Este estudo tem como objetivo contribuir para o desenvolvimento da região da Grande São Miguel do Oeste (SC) e adjacências, fornecendo subsídios para o planejamento, a partir do exame da relação produtor - educação rural - realidade conjuntural. Os resultados obtidos no estudo servem para uma melhor compreensão e evolução do "agribusiness", com as possíveis implicações e influências na unidade de produção, educação rural, levando-se em consideração os reflexos da realidade conjuntural.. Este estudo também possiblitita, caso se faça necessário, a visualização da adequação das unidades produtoras, tornando-as mais competitivas e com perspectivas alentadoras para a região Sul do Brasil; também permite que se apresente algumas das tendências contemporâneas e emergentes em relação à educação, principalmente a que trata de educação profissionalizante - no âmbito da agricultura, bem como realça alguns aspectos arrolados pela realidade conjuntural no mundo globalizado e suas expectativas. O estudo está dividido em três partes: a) revisão da literatura b) pesquisa e visitas de campo c) recomendações. Por conseguinte, para melhor entender o tema, estas foram divididas em três grandes áreas de abrangências: produtor - educação rural - realidade conjuntural. Procurou-se avaliar o estágio do desenvolvimento da teoria à luz da literatura (análise documental), comparando-se com as vivências de campo ,proporcionada através das visitas, "in loco", pelo pesquisador e pelos instrumentos de coleta de dados. Os resultados identificam o estreito relacionamento contidos no modelo teórico vigente e futurista, através da análise de resultados obtidos nas respostas dos formulários de pesquisa, diferenciando-se assim a "nova visão de agribusiness" no meio agrícola e no entorno do mundo rural. Os resultados do estudo demonstram que há uma certa insegurança e aflição por parte dos gestores das unidades produtoras agrícolas da região com relação ao seu próprio futuro e, conseqüentemente, o de sua família; contudo o estudo também demonstrou que existem os que já estão buscando informações para não serem excluídos de vez do processo de "Agribusines". Pode-se encontrar, com relação à educação rural, um clima de muitas inovações e mudanças - o choque dos "velhos sistemas" de educação-aprendizagem com a "nova-concepção" de Ensino Profissionalizante - provocando discussões entre dirigentes de instituições educacionais e autoridades do setor "agro-educativo". De outro lado, existem os alunos destas instituições educacionais, preocupados com o futuro da sobrevivência da atividade agrícola e seu sucesso na carreira profissional, diante das mutações no "Complexo Rural". Também, evidenciou-se a necessidade duma definição mais real e ideal do vocabulário "agribusines" em relação a sua aplicabilidade. Pronunciado pela primeira há quase meio século, ainda não se encontrou no português a sua tradução. É necessário entender e compreender toda a sua cadeia para entender o que é "agribusiness". É possível entender que o "agribusiness" seja sinônimo de Complexo Rural, pois sua cadeia envolve a divisão sistêmica do "antes" e o "fora" da porteira da unidade de produção. Para muitas pessoas, o termo "agribusiness" é traduzido como agronegócio, o que deixa ser, em virtude de que o agronegócio pode ser considerado como gestão dos negócios rurais, ou seja, atividades que estão intimamente ligadas com a terceira fase da cadeia - após a porteira, sofrendo fortes influências dos conhecimentos das faculdades de economia, contabilidade, administração (commodities, bolsas, mercados futuros, comercialização, etc.). Também pelo fato de que se implica gestão em qualquer tipo de organização. Para tanto, o "agribusiness" começa muito antes, o que exige um conhecimento mais híbrido e mais amplo por parte do gestor deste Complexo Rural. Assim, o estudo, ora apresentado, representa a evidência de sugestões para o desenvolvimento da região da Grande São Miguel do Oeste (SC) e adjacências, a partir das respostas obtidas e conclusões oriundas da análise documental e da pesquisa de campo
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Bennett, Michael Robert. "Perceptions of sustainability of dairy support land farmers : a case study investigation." Diss., Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1219.
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This project investigated the business, environmental and social sustainability of dairy farms that include dairy support land. Seventeen farmers were interviewed using Yin’s case study method (Yin, 2003). The interviewees were selected from a list provided during a series of focus groups done with rural professionals prior to continuing with the main body of the research. Those interviewed saw that the primary role of dairy support land is to protect the dairy farm from external factors. Dairy farms are vulnerable to externalities due to high fixed costs and the relationship between cow condition and milk production. The ability of dairy support land to manage externalities relates to quantity of feed grown, therefore feed grown is perceived as the most appropriate measure of performance. For dairy support land to be sustainable, it must be well resourced. On a fully resourced DSL unit, there will be time to plan and carry out essential tasks and environmentally important developments such as riparian fences and stockwater systems are likely to be in place. If the dairy support land unit is not fully resourced it will become a liability to the overall system as the supply of feed becomes unreliable, cows calve in poor condition and dairy farm staff and management are overextended. Poorly resourced dairy support land is also unlikely to have environmentally friendly developments in place. The case studies also demonstrated that the fundamentals of sustainability and practice remain constant across a variety of soil and climatic conditions in Canterbury and Southland.
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Voss, Julian. "Customer-Relationship-Management im Agribusiness." Göttingen Sierke, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989845397/04.
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Hirschi, Rick L. "Agribusiness Management in Utah Dairies." DigitalCommons@USU, 1994. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4000.
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This thesis outlines the theoretical factors impacting dairy profitability. The theoretical portion includes: a general review of production and profit maximization theory, a review of related studies, and an outline of the variables impacting dairy profitability.
An empirical study follows using data gathered from three applied technology centers in Utah in conjunction with dairy herd improvement production records for the farms where these data were available. The empirical section includes a synopsis of the methods and procedures used to collect and analyze the data. Regression analysis was used to determine the significant production and financial factors influencing returns per cow; returns to labor, capital, and management; and return on assets. The results indicate that both revenue and cost variables are significant factors of dairy profitability as are various financial measures. The overall most significant variables were dollars of milk sold, price of milk, labor costs, feed cost per cow, and herd size.
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Almeida, Luciana Florencio de. "Ambiente institucional e contratos de crédito agrícola: três estudos críticos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-06102008-172424/.
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A presente tese objetivou analisar a questão do financiamento da produção agrícola à luz dos preceitos da Nova Economia Institucional, por meio do entendimento de que os contratos de crédito agrícola são formas híbridas de governança em resposta à complexidade das relações que ocorrem na cadeia agroindustrial e ao ambiente institucional vigente (regras do jogo). As pesquisas conduzidas para esta tese diferem da abordagem da economia tradicional que analisa a transação de crédito de forma isolada, focalizando aspectos da precificação do crédito e considerando um mundo em que os custos de transação são nulos. Este estudo inova ao oferecer uma ampla discussão sobre o funcionamento do mercado de crédito agrícola no Brasil por meio de 3 estudos com destaque para a análise da evolução dos contratos, o mapeamento dos arranjos contratuais existentes e de seus mecanismos de mitigação de risco, a análise comparada com um mercado desenvolvido e por fim, a verificação da relação causal entre alguns elementos da transação de crédito agrícola e o tipo de arranjo adotado pelo agricultor. As informações e análises apresentadas nesta tese trazem à tona a discussão por mudanças institucionais no sistema de financiamento agrícola brasileiro, podendo servir como inputs para políticas públicas e estratégias empresariais.This dissertation outlines a New Institutional Economics approach of rural credit and analyses it through three articles. The mainstream of this research relies in the understanding that the rural credit contracts are hybrid forms in response to the agrichain´s complexity. The object of the research was operational credit contract for soybeans farms. The first two articles consist on qualitative researches in the extent that they sought to comprehend in a more profound level the rules of game for the rural financing contracting environment based on the economic agents perceptions. The third article sought to analyze the causality between the transaction elements to access rural credit and contractual arrangements. The results indicated that size of the farms may be an important determinant of the transactions with trade credit agents. The body of the three articles shed light to the prevalent rules of the games in the Brazilian rural market and might serve as input for public policies and private strategies seeking to enhance the institutional environment.
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Heyder, Matthias. "Strategien und Unternehmensperformance im Agribusiness." Göttingen Cuvillier, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1000310094/04.
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Flores, Luis, Yoseline Sanchez, Edgar Ramos, Fernando Sotelo, and Nabeel Hamoud. "Blockchain in Agribusiness Supply Chain Management: A Traceability Perspective." Springer, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656091.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.The demand for agricultural products for export is increasing every year. Thus, there is a need for a traceable and more communicative agricultural supply chain among its stakeholders. In addition, the increase in controls, verifications and communications in each SC agent makes agility and chain difficult, generating distrust among those involved. To overcome this issue, we consider Blockchain. Blockchain is a disruptive technology to decentralize data with this state-of-the-art technology, we develop a model that solves the traceability problem of the agricultural product. The model also improves transparency and security within the SC, increasing trust between the suppliers, collaborators and consumers.
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Sánchez, Rajiv, Bryan Reyes, Edgar Ramos, and Steven Dien. "A Modeling the Supplier Relationship Management in Agribusiness Supply Chain." Springer, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656089.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial.This research analyzes the current studies of supplier relationship management (SRM), based on a literature review to contrast and compare the evolution of SRM in agribusiness-oriented supply chain management (SCM). The result obtained in this research shows the agribusiness and its relationship with its suppliers. It also strives to identify potential models for a strong SRM. An SRM model is proposed to visualize the components that make up the management of suppliers in the agribusiness supply chain (SC).
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Patterson, R. G. "A study of the soils and agronomy of a high country catchment." Lincoln University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1315.
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This study was undertaken to research the principles and practices behind increased pasture productivity on Longslip Station, Omarama. A range of landscape - soil - climate - plant systems were identified, then analysed and the legume responses measured. By isolating cause and effect and appreciating the driving variables of each system, lessons learnt could be reliably and objectively transferred to the rest of the farm. Extrapolation to the balance of the property (15,150 ha) permitted immediate large-scale development and engendered confidence to lending institutions, Lands Department, catchment authorities and ourselves. Soil (land) cannot be well managed and conserved unless it is mapped reliably and its characteristics measured and interpreted by skilled observers (Cutler, 1977). Soil resource surveys, and their interpretation, are an essential ingredient of rational resource evaluation and planning. This thesis is a figurative and comparative survey and study of the soil catenary bodies, resident vegetation, legume establishment and pasture production characteristics of a 400 hectare catchment, in relation to, and as influenced by soil landscape unit, slope component, altitude, aspect and time. The inherent diversity in landform, soil properties and vegetation communities in a single catchment in the high country has not previously been fully studied or appreciated. This has lead to blanket recommendations for fertilizer, seed and management regimes both within and between properties and even regions. This study reports on the diversity of, yet predictable change in soil properties with slope position (upper, middle and lower) aspect and altitude in terms of both soil physical properties e.g. soil depth and water holding capacity and soil chemical properties such as pH, BS%, %P, %S, %N and %C. The composition of the resident vegetation and its differential response to oversowing and topdressing and subsequent change through time is reported and discussed. Finally an epilogue gives an insight into the problems and frustrations of farming practices in the high country from a motivation and personal perspective and political point of view that it is essential to come to terms with.
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Boteon, Margarete. "Mercado de informação digital agroeconômica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11132/tde-06102004-162510/.
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A proposta do presente trabalho é analisar o mercado de informação digital agroeconômica brasileiro tendo como objetivo geral avaliar aspectos da sua oferta e da sua demanda. A justificativa para tal estudo está na importância que a informação agroeconômica representa no processo de tomada de decisão dos agentes do agronegócio. O referencial teórico para avaliar a oferta é o da Economia da Informação. De modo geral, a teoria mostra a dificuldade da transação de um bem de informação em função de suas características e da sua estrutura de custo não-usual. Com esses atributos, o produtor de informação apresenta dificuldade de valorar seu produto e, se não for dominante no mercado, não recupera seus investimentos. A recomendação é que as firmas ganhem em escala de produção e pratiquem arranjos criativos de discriminação de preços na internet, para extrair todo o excedente do consumidor. As considerações teóricas a respeito da demanda partem de um modelo que considera três fatores que afetam a habilidade e a necessidade do uso de informação agroeconômica: capital humano, função dos agentes econômicos no sistema de produção/comercialização e o produto agropecuário. No modelo, a informação é considerada um insumo que visa a maximização do lucro do tomador de decisão. Empiricamente, avaliou-se a oferta através da lista de sites de informação nacional disponíveis na internet em novembro de 2002. Esta lista possibilitou a avaliação do conteúdo, serviços e modelos de negócios adotados pelos produtores e distribuidores de informação. Para a demanda, estimou-se a função de consumo da informação agroeconômica através de três atributos: público versus privado, digital versus outros e formal versus informal. Os dados para a estimativa da função de consumo foram obtidos através da aplicação de um questionário a usuários de internet entre outubro de 2002 e janeiro de 2003. A conclusão geral é que os endereços eletrônicos apresentaram um rápido crescimento entre 1999 e 2000, diminuíram o ritmo a partir de então e, em novembro de 2002, catalogavam-se 2.878 sites referentes ao agronegócio, destes 117 eram empresas ligadas a conteúdos agroeconômicos. A principal função desses endereços é facilitar o acesso ao conteúdo, já que pouco contribuíram, no período estudado, para a ampliação das fontes primárias de informação. A maioria do conteúdo é gratuita para o usuário final; somente 10 sites cobravam pelo acesso no período da pesquisa. Entretanto, as empresas privadas de informação para se manterem na internet precisam ampliar a receita e o número de assinantes. A conclusão do estudo é que elas pouco aproveitam a tecnologia da internet para praticar arranjos criativos de discriminação de preços de acordo com a disposição a pagar do usuário final de informação. Os resultados das estimativas de demanda indicam que os agentes ligados ao agribusiness consomem mais informação digital que os produtores. Além disso, a escolaridade apresenta-se como uma restrição para o acesso a esta tecnologia pelo público rural. A sugestão do trabalho para ampliar o mercado de informação digital agroeconômica brasileira é a parceria entre os setores público e privado.The objective is to analyze the market for digital agricultural economic information by evaluating aspects of the supply and the demand in the internet environment. The motivation for such study is the importance that the agricultural economic information represents for agribusiness food sector. The theoretical analysis of the supply side is through the Economics of Information. In general, the theory shows that information has properties and unusual costs that could cause difficulties for market transactions of information goods. The information faces producer difficulties to evaluate the information goods and needs to be present dominant in the market to recover investments. The theoretical recommendation is that the firms obtain scale economies and practice various forms of price discrimination in the internet, capturing all the consumers surplus. By the demand side, the theoretical analysis is through a model of individual decision makers demand for heterogeneous agricultural information services. This model assumes three factors affect ability to use and consumption the information: human capital, functional role in a system of production (i.e., enterprise type or occupation) and the commodity system in which the firm participates. The information is considered an input to maximization the profit from the decision maker. To analyze the supply side, data were collected through the list of sites of Brazilian internet service providers (public and private) of agricultural economic information in November of 2002. It is possible to evaluate the content, services and business models adopted by the producers and intermediaries of the information goods. On the demand side, the consumption functions were estimated to explain in the relative use of opposed sets of information (i.e., I1/I2): public vs. private, formal vs. informal and internet vs others. Data were collected through the application of a questionnaire with the endusers of internet between October of 2002 and January of 2003. The general conclusion is that the sites in the internet had presented a fast growth between 1999 and 2000 e, in November of 2002, there were 2,878 sites related to agribusiness sector of which 117 providing agricultural economic information. The access of information was enhanced but this technology contributed a little for extending the primary sources of information. The access to the majority of the content is free, only 10 sites charged. However, the private companies to remain in the internet need to increase receipts and the number of subscribers. The conclusion of the study is that the private information providers take little advantages of the technology of the internet to practice creative arrangements of price discrimination. Estimates of the consumption functions indicate that the nonfarm agribusiness consumes more digital information than the farms. The level of education presents a restriction to access to this technology. The recommendation of this work to extend the market of digital agricultural economic information is to formation partnerships between the sectors public and private.
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Vieira, Silvia Cristina [UNESP]. "O papel do extensionista no fluxo bilateral de informações entre pesquisadores do agronegócio e produtores rurais." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143426.
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Sob o viés da comunicação rural e visando o desenvolvimento da zona rural, esta pesquisa apresenta o seguinte problema: como o extensionista pode aumentar a efetividade do fluxo bilateral de informações entre pesquisadores do agronegócio e produtores rurais, de modo a entender os reais interesses destes últimos? Para que todas as etapas do processo comunicacional possam apresentar o menor ruído possível e venham a ser determinantes para a efetividade comunicacional entre os sujeitos da pesquisa – pesquisador, extensionista e produtor rural – objetiva-se, de modo geral, diagnosticar como ocorre o fluxo bilateral de informações entre produtores rurais, extensionistas e pesquisadores do agronegócio, de modo a apontar caminhos para tornar esse fluxo mais eficiente. Para atender esse objetivo, o extensionista passa a ser visto, nesta pesquisa, como elo de capital relacional entre a tríade, captando informações junto aos produtores rurais e abastecendo os pesquisadores do agronegócio, reduzindo a assimetria de informações, favorecendo um diálogo com menores níveis de ruídos e realizando a devolutiva dos resultados ao campo. A presente pesquisa tem como orientações metodológicas a pesquisa de campo, com abordagem qualitativa. Para os procedimentos de coleta de dados foram utilizados a análise documental e formulários. O recorte geográfico delimitado para a pesquisa considerou a área de atuação do Polo Regional da Alta Paulista (APTA). Para a discussão dos resultados amparou-se na análise de conteúdo.
In the nature of rural communication and for the development of the countryside, this research presents the following problem: how can the extensionist increase the effectiveness of the bilateral flow of information between agribusiness researchers and farmers, in order to understand the real interests of the latter? For all stages of the communication process to be a able to provide the lowest level of noise as possible and become crucial for the communication effectiveness between the subjects - researcher, extensionist and farmers - is the objective of this research to analyze how the extensionist may increase effectiveness of the bilateral flow of information between farmers and agribusiness researchers. To meet this goal, the extensionist is seen in this research, as a relational capital link between the triad, capturing information from the farmers and supplying to agribusiness researchers, reducing information asymmetry favoring a dialogue with lower levels of noise and performing feedbacks to the field. This research has as methodological guideline the field research with qualitative approach. For data collection procedures, document analysis and forms were used. The geographic divisions delimited for the research considered the area of operation of the Polo Regional da Alta Paulista (APTA). The discussion of the results was relied on content analysis.
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Vieira, Silvia Cristina. "O papel do extensionista no fluxo bilateral de informações entre pesquisadores do agronegócio e produtores rurais /." Tupã, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143426.
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Orientador: Cristiane Hengler Corrêa BernardoCoorientadora: Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani
Coorientador: Eduardo Guilherme Satolo
Banca: Ricardo Cesar Gonçalves Sant'ana
Banca: Simone Pallone de Figueiredo
Resumo: Sob o viés da comunicação rural e visando o desenvolvimento da zona rural, esta pesquisa apresenta o seguinte problema: como o extensionista pode aumentar a efetividade do fluxo bilateral de informações entre pesquisadores do agronegócio e produtores rurais, de modo a entender os reais interesses destes últimos? Para que todas as etapas do processo comunicacional possam apresentar o menor ruído possível e venham a ser determinantes para a efetividade comunicacional entre os sujeitos da pesquisa - pesquisador, extensionista e produtor rural - objetiva-se, de modo geral, diagnosticar como ocorre o fluxo bilateral de informações entre produtores rurais, extensionistas e pesquisadores do agronegócio, de modo a apontar caminhos para tornar esse fluxo mais eficiente. Para atender esse objetivo, o extensionista passa a ser visto, nesta pesquisa, como elo de capital relacional entre a tríade, captando informações junto aos produtores rurais e abastecendo os pesquisadores do agronegócio, reduzindo a assimetria de informações, favorecendo um diálogo com menores níveis de ruídos e realizando a devolutiva dos resultados ao campo. A presente pesquisa tem como orientações metodológicas a pesquisa de campo, com abordagem qualitativa. Para os procedimentos de coleta de dados foram utilizados a análise documental e formulários. O recorte geográfico delimitado para a pesquisa considerou a área de atuação do Polo Regional da Alta Paulista (APTA). Para a discussão dos resultados amparou-se na an... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: In the nature of rural communication and for the development of the countryside, this research presents the following problem: how can the extensionist increase the effectiveness of the bilateral flow of information between agribusiness researchers and farmers, in order to understand the real interests of the latter? For all stages of the communication process to be a able to provide the lowest level of noise as possible and become crucial for the communication effectiveness between the subjects - researcher, extensionist and farmers - is the objective of this research to analyze how the extensionist may increase effectiveness of the bilateral flow of information between farmers and agribusiness researchers. To meet this goal, the extensionist is seen in this research, as a relational capital link between the triad, capturing information from the farmers and supplying to agribusiness researchers, reducing information asymmetry favoring a dialogue with lower levels of noise and performing feedbacks to the field. This research has as methodological guideline the field research with qualitative approach. For data collection procedures, document analysis and forms were used. The geographic divisions delimited for the research considered the area of operation of the Polo Regional da Alta Paulista (APTA). The discussion of the results was relied on content analysis.
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Atilio, Vega Moreno Guido. "The rural agribusiness development and environmental conservation in highland areas of Peru : An analysis of the current and future situation of organic farming in three districts of the Lurin River Basin." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-55498.
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Rural agro-industry gives added value to peasant’s agricultural production. In Peru, many small farmers from highland areas are linked in this activity as a means of subsistence. These farmers, since ancient times, have performed all their field activities in balance with nature. In fact, the rural agribusiness has mostly been developed under agroecological principles. The main objective of this thesis the description of the characteristics of rural agribusiness and how this activity based on agroecology contributes to the conservation of the environment in the highland areas of Peru. The situation of rural agribusiness is reviewed from the global and local context of organic agriculture. It has also been taken the region of Lurin River Basin as a case study, where environmental, productive, marketing and institutional characteristics are described. Moreover, a study of the current and future situation using the scenario methods, and an analysis of sustainability is carried out for an organic farmers’ organization called “Association of Ecological Producers of the Lurin River Basin ‘Monticielo’”. Results of this thesis indicate that rural agribusiness in highland areas of Peru, specifically in the Lurin River Basin, is crucial sector it contributes to food security and generating income for rural families, conserve biodiversity and farmers` traditional knowledge has been used to address emerging issues of climate change. However, the main problems facing small producers are productivity, technology, marketing and organization.In the scenario analysis it has been identified that "Organic-point of sale" scenario can become a marketing point of eco-business efficiently, which could increase sales and improve the quality of life for farmers and for the environmental conservation. In conclusion, being closely linked to ecological farming practices, rural agribusiness is an important tool that contributes to the welfare of rural small farmers and environmental conservation.
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Suzuki, Elli. "Unlocking Africa's poverty trap : holistic approach to BOP investment in agribusiness." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80679.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).
This paper identifies subsistence farming as a significant opportunity for poverty reduction and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. By taking a holistic, standardized, and bundled approach, this paper proposes an innovative business model that enables small-holder farmers to access affordable extension services, technical assistance and financial scheme, thereby improving their overall productivity level.
by Elli Suzuki.
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Martens, Bradley P. "Compensation in agribusiness : the case of the retail fertilizer industry /." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10222009-125013/.
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Mouphtaou, Tene. "Business continuity management for an agribusiness company: a case study from west Africa." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17339.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Vincent Amanor-Boadu
The overall objective of this research is to develop a business continuity plan for a relatively large livestock company located in Francophone West Africa. This is very important in an environment when both internal and external risks can lead to significant disruptions in the business processes. The research, thus, focuses on developing a process that can be applied to establish a business continuity management process in this firm and provides the framework for implementing such a plan successfully. The livestock company, let us call it Livestock Co. to protect its identity, wants to define strategies for recovery, resumption of business and other key activities under the potential scenarios. Its managers desire to formulate crisis response strategies that would be implemented quickly when these disasters hit. The thesis envisages the potential conditions that may trigger these crises and develops the management systems to mitigate them, returning the business to it activities as quickly as possible. Some of the natural disasters that may be considered are fire, accidents and political upheavals. Some technical disasters that may be imagined may be related to infrastructure, labor crisis, and grain dust explosions. Unlike natural disasters, which often are uncertain, technical disasters can be predicted based on careful assessment of the environment or the assets. The research evaluates the process for developing a business continuity management plan and offers an implementation process to ensure its smooth execution.
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Santos, Thais Leobeth dos. "O rural na mídia impressa local fronteiriça : diferentes formas de abordagem." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/173162.
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O presente estudo parte do contexto de importância da mídia local situada em municípios de fronteira e da pauta rural como temática fundamental aos espaços fronteiriços do sul brasileiro. O interesse centra-se no modo como o rural, especialmente no que tange ao caráter econômico atualmente bastante voltado ao agronegócio, é abordado nos jornais A Plateia e Cidade, de Sant‟Ana do Livramento e Uruguaiana, respectivamente. Tais municípios caracterizam-se como importantes polos econômicos de produção agropecuária e rotas de circulação e contato do Brasil e do Rio Grande do Sul com o Mercosul, especialmente com Uruguai e Argentina. Busca-se compreender como a mídia impressa local noticia o rural, considerando principalmente os aspectos econômicos compartilhados com países vizinhos do Brasil, Uruguai e Argentina. O enfoque recai sobre as escalas espaciais de ocorrência dos acontecimentos relacionados ao rural, a presença dos países vizinhos e das referidas nacionalidades nos textos jornalísticos e as abordagens que caracterizam as notícias sobre a temática. O recorte temporal contempla o período de sete exposições e feiras agropecuárias distribuídas entre os três países, partindo especialmente da 40ª edição da Exposição Internacional de Animais, Máquinas, Implementos e Produtos Agropecuários (Expointer), realizada em Esteio, região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, no Rio Grande do Sul, entre os dias 26 de agosto e 03 de setembro de 2017. Eventos dessa natureza mobilizam os municípios da fronteira e são também espaços de interação entre os países compreendidos nos interesses do estudo. Em termos metodológicos, a dissertação configura-se num Estudo de Caso, para o qual foram acionados a Pesquisa Bibliográfica, a Pesquisa Exploratória e a Análise de Conteúdo. A análise aponta para a temática rural com abordagem predominantemente voltada para a economia, seguida de práticas culturais e o turismo rural. As características dos jornais mostram-se semelhantes em relação à delimitação local, mas distintos no que se refere à abordagem da fronteira e dos países vizinhos, Uruguai e Argentina.The present study starts from the context of importance of the local media located in frontier municipalities and of the rural agenda as a fundamental theme to the frontier spaces of the Brazilian south. The interest is focused on the way in which the rural sector, especially with regard to the economic character currently geared to agribusiness, is approached in the newspapers A Plateia e Cidade, Sant'Ana do Livramento and Uruguaiana, respectively. These municipalities are characterized as important economic poles of agricultural production and routes of circulation and contact of Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul with Mercosur, especially with Uruguay and Argentina. It seeks to understand how the local print media reports the rural, mainly considering the economic aspects shared with neighboring countries of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The focus is on spatial scales of occurrence of rural events, the presence of neighboring countries and nationalities in journalistic texts, and the approaches that characterize news about the theme. The period includes seven exhibitions and agricultural fairs distributed among the three countries, starting from the 40th edition of the International Exhibition of Animals, Machinery, Implements and Agricultural Products (Expointer), held in Esteio, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, in the Rio Grande do Sul, between August 26 and September 3, 2017. Events of this nature mobilize the municipalities of the border and are also spaces of interaction between countries included in the interests of the study. In methodological terms, the dissertation is set up in a Case Study, for which the Bibliographic Research, the Exploratory Research and the Content Analysis were used. The analysis points to the rural theme with a predominantly economic approach, followed by cultural practices and rural tourism. The characteristics of the newspapers are similar in relation to the local delimitation, but different in relation to the border approach and neighboring countries, Uruguay and Argentina.
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Stuchi, Luciano Gabas. "Quantificação de risco de crédito: uma aplicação do modelo CreditRisk+ para financiamento de atividades rurais e agroindustriais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11132/tde-13072004-151006/.
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A atividade bancária envolve em suas operações diversas formas de riscos. Dentre esses riscos está o risco de crédito, ou risco de inadimplência, presente em transações em que a instituição se torna credora. Sua mensuração exige que se tenha conhecimento da probabilidade de inadimplência associada a cada classificação. Neste trabalho são apresentadas as principais metodologias de quantificação do risco de crédito como Credit Metrics, KMV, Credit Portfolio View e CreditRisk+. Esta última metodologia, juntamente com o conceito de RAROC (Risk Adjusted Return on Capital), é aplicada a um portfólio de financiamentos rurais e agroindustriais à pessoa jurídica, evidenciando o capital econômico alocado (CEA) e o spread necessário para cobrir as perdas esperadas e inesperadas. Esse portfólio totaliza R$ 1,42 bilhões referentes ao mês de março de 2003. São construídos dois cenários com diferentes índices de inadimplência associados a cada classificação. O primeiro aproxima os percentuais de provisionamento definidos pelo Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) para índices de inadimplência e o segundo utiliza os percentuais obtidos por uma matriz de migração de clientes vinculados às atividades rurais e agroindustriais para o período de 2000 a 2002. Observa-se como resultado que ocorre uma maior alocação de capital econômico para setores rurais e agroindustriais que possuem risco concentrado como o setor de fumo, com total de financiamentos em R$202,9 milhões e CEA de R$78,9 milhões e R$114,0 milhões para o cenário 1 e cenário 2, respectivamente. As modalidades de financiamentos rurais e agroindustriais de custeio e desconto de Nota Promissória Rural (NPR) são responsáveis por cerca de 75% do total do portfólio. No entanto, estas modalidades apresentam a necessidade de um spread menor para cobrir as perdas esperadas e inesperadas com crédito, sinalizando uma composição de clientes com melhor classificação. Observa-se também que os menores spreads ocorrem nos setores de industrialização, principalmente na indústria de cigarros, laticínios, soja e derivados, e resinas de fibras e fios sintéticos. Já os setores como fumo, moagem de trigo e abate de aves, tiveram maiores spreads.The banking activity involves several forms of risk in its operation. Among these risks, there is one called the credit risk, or the default risk. Its measurement requires that the financial institution owns knowledge about the default probability associated with each rating class. In this research, four models of credit risk are discussed: Credit Metrics, KMV, Credit Portfolio View, and CreditRisk+. The last model, the CreditRisk+, associated with the concept of Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC) is applied to a financial portfolio to the farm and agribusiness sectors. Under this analysis, the indicators of allocated economic capital and spreads are discussed with respect to the expected and unexpected losses. The data used in this analysis are unique and represent the total amount of loans as of March 2003, R$ 1.42 billions, made by a specific commercial bank to the commercial farms and agribusiness companies. Two scenarios are evaluated considering different level of default risks associated with each rating class. The first scenario uses the provisional indexes defined by the Brazilian Central Bank. The second scenario uses a computable migration matrix over the period 2000 through 2002. The results show that the higher amount of allocated economic capital occurs in the tobacco sector in which the total amount of loans is R$ 202.9 millions. The total amount of allocated economic capital is R$ 78.9 million and R$ 114 million under scenarios 1 and 2 respectively. The data used in this study show that seventy-five percent of the totals of loans has as a purpose for operating expenses and discount of agribusiness promissory notes. These loans show the lowest spreads to cover expected and unexpected losses with the credit operation. The lowest spread is observed at the following processing sectors: tobacco industries, milk and soybean processors, and fiber resins and synthetic fibers. On the other hand, the sectors that show the highest spreads are: tobacco farms, wheat processors, and poultry slaughter houses.
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Reis, Cirineu Ribeiro dos. "Agronegócio e urbanização: a relação rural-urbano em Cascavel/PR." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, 2017. http://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/2994.
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The space understood as a social instance (Santos, 1993) is the materiality of the human action and it has been modified throughout history. The emergence of new cities and their development process is related to several factors. It is possible to notice that the main one is the dynamism of their economy. The intense rural exodus in the 1970s enabled an intense urbanization process in Brazil. The municipality of Cascavel, located in Western Mesoregion in Paraná, is regional centre and underwent an intense population attraction process. It continued through 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In the 1970s, the region had already emerged as growing industry and commerce, especially focused on agriculture. Nowadays the centrality of Cascavel in business is related to its agro-industrial and agro-services supply. The expansion of agribusiness supply chains rose companies upstream and downstream of agricultural production. It intensified commercial and industrial activities in urban area and attracted massive population. In addition, there was diversification of jobs in the city. Logging activity was the main source of income and employment during the colonization process from the 1940s to 1960s. It was also the main factor for retaining population. However, it changed and agribusiness assumed this role. In Brazil, there was a process of import substitution. It improved the national economy and formed a strong internal market for agricultural products. The agricultural development is related to public infrastructure investments and the implementation of law and policies, stimulating private financing. The creation of state-owned telephony enterprise (TELEPAR); energy (COPEL); transportation (DER) research and extension (EMATER and EMBRAPA), guaranteed minimum prices and the National Rural Credit System (SNCR) created conditions for applying results from "Green Revolution". These factors lead the country from agrarian exporter to an urban and industrial society. In Cascavel, It meant more production and productivity in agricultural sector, specialization in services focused on agribusiness, responding to local supply and developing agro industry sector including soybean, corn, chicken, pork and milk. The development of the productive forces was the main responsible for urbanization.
O espaço entendido como instância social (Santos, 1993) é a materialidade das ações humanas e vem sendo modificado ao longo da história. O surgimento de novas cidades e seu processo de desenvolvimento está associado a diversos fatores. É possível perceber que o principal deles é o dinamismo de sua economia. O surgimento da indústria foi fundamental para a ampliação do processo de urbanização. O êxodo rural, intenso na década de 1970, possibilitou um acirrado processo de urbanização no Brasil. Localizada na Mesorregião Oeste do Paraná o município de Cascavel é polo regional e passou por intenso processo de atração populacional que se seguiu nas décadas de 1970, 1980 e 1990. Na década de 1970, a região já despontava com indústria e comércio crescente, especialmente voltado para agropecuária. Hoje, a centralidade de Cascavel na área do agronegócio está relacionada à sua planta agroindustrial e ao fornecimento de agro serviços. A ampliação das cadeias produtivas do agronegócio fez surgir empresas a montante e a jusante da produção agropecuária, intensificando as atividades comerciais e industriais na zona urbana e atraindo a massa populacional. Desenvolvendo outras atividades ―fora da porteira‖ houve uma diversificação dos empregos na cidade. No período da colonização da Região Oeste, entre 1940 e 1960, a atividade madeireira foi a principal fonte de renda e empregos, também a principal responsável pela fixação de população. Porém isso se alterou, sendo que o agronegócio assumiu este papel. No Brasil o desenvolvimento de um processo de substituição de importação alavancou a economia nacional e formou um forte mercado interno para produtos agropecuários. O desenvolvimento da agropecuária está associado a investimentos públicos em infraestrutura, na implantação de leis e políticas que incentivaram o financiamento privado. A criação de vários órgãos públicos e estatais de telefonia (TELEPAR); energia (COPEL); transporte (DER); pesquisa e extensão (EMATER e EMBRAPA), da mesma forma a garantia de preços mínimos e o Sistema Nacional de Crédito Rural (SNCR) criaram condições para a aplicação dos resultados de ―Revolução Verde‖ e levou o país a passar de um país agrário exportador para urbano industrial. Em Cascavel isso significou mais produção e produtividade na agropecuária e a especialização em serviços voltados ao agronegócio, atendendo as demandas regionais e desenvolvendo os complexos agroindustriais da soja, milho, frango, suíno, e leite. O desenvolvimento das forças produtivas foi o principal responsável pela urbanização.
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Silva, Augusto César Pereira da. "Na cartilha de Romana e Euzébio : as escolhas da comunidade rural Peraputanga." Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 2013. http://ri.ufmt.br/handle/1/582.
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O texto que segue trata-se de um estudo sobre a agricultura familiar tradicional do Brasil e as alterações sofridas no sistema sociocultural do campo em anos recentes. Buscou-se retratar as mudanças ou transformações pelas quais vem passando a comunidade Peraputanga, no município de Diamantino, Mato Grosso que foi tomada para pesquisa devido a persistências de características do seu modo de vida tradicional, até os dias de hoje. A comunidade cria gado, coleta frutos e planta à maneira caipira, em pequenas roças de derrubadas e, ainda, tem frequentemente recusado as propostas de integração ao agronegócio que circunda seu território, ao mesmo tempo em que busca técnicas que julgam ser de menor impacto ambiental. As duas formas de uso da terra – práticas relacionadas ao agronegócio, que geralmente adotam tecnologias de alto impacto ambiental, e técnicas ligadas à agricultura familiar – possuem lógicas diferentes; os usos da área rural, os meios para a produção agrícola e as relações sociais se diferenciam nas formas referidas. O estudo se deu entre os anos de 2011 e 2013 em visitas à comunidade, através de entrevistas estruturadas e semiestruturais - que foram gravadas e, posteriormente, transcritas. Concomitantemente à gravação das entrevistas, ouviu-se e registrou-se as histórias de vida dos moradores. A história oral foi o fio condutor da pesquisa que tomou por apoio teórico pensadores da contemporaneidade, a partir do encontro de epistemes totalizantes e culturas locais, da dicotomia entre ruralidade e urbanidade e do entendimento de cultura como processo negociável por seus agentes. Num primeiro momento, é apresentado um olhar sobre a contemporaneidade, sobre a pesquisa em si e seus objetivos de descrever a comunidade Peraputanga, analisando as mudanças sofridas pelo grupo de moradores. Em seguida, é descrita a metodologia e as referências teóricas que lhe dão lastro. Na forma de vida caipira, produzia-se quase todo o necessário para a sobrevivência das pessoas e os hábitos sociais davam coesão ao grupo para propiciar alimento, moradia e o conforto mínimo necessário. As novas gerações têm a necessidade de sair da localidade para estudar, os jovens interrompem o ciclo de reprodução do que Candido (1979) chamou de cultura caipira e passam a fazer parte de dois mundos que operam de maneiras diferentes. Eles tendem a sair do envolvimento familiar para fazer parte do processo de desenvolvimento. No seio da comunidade há iniciativas que buscam manter os laços sociais e, se possível, as técnicas de produção agrícola.
This study it’s about the traditional family farming in Brazil and the changes done in the socio cultural system of the field in recent years. Sought to portray the changes and transformations which comes through the community Peraputanga in the city of Diamantino, Mato Grosso. The community have been taken for study because of the persistence characteristics of their traditional way of life, until the present day. The community cattle, collecting fruits and plant the caipira way, in small plantations and also has frequently rejected the proposed integration agribusiness surrounding territory, while seeking techniques they deem to be of lesser environmental impact. The two forms of land use - practices related to agribusiness, which usually adopt high impact technologies to the environmental, and techniques related to family agriculture - have different logics; uses the rural area, the means of agricultural production and social relations differ in the ways mentioned. The study took place between the years 2011 and 2013 visits in the community, through structured interviews and semi estrutured - which were recorded and later transcribed. Concurrently with the recording of the interviews, heard and enrolled the life stories of the residents. Oral history was the thread of research that has taken support of contemporary theoreticals, from meeting epistems totalizing and local cultures, the dichotomy between rurality and urbanity and understanding of culture as a negotiable process by their agents. At first, we present a look at the contemporary, about the survey itself and its aims to describe the community Peraputanga, analyzing the changes undergone by the group of residents, then, we describe the methodology and theoretical references. In the form of caipira life, producing almost everything necessary for the survival of people and social habits gave cohesion to the group to provide food, shelter and comfort minimum. The new generations need to leave the town to study, young disrupt the breeding cycle than Candido (1979) called caipira culture and become part of two worlds that operate in different ways. They tend to leave the family involvement to be part of the development process. Within the community there are initiatives that seek to maintain social ties and, if possible, the techniques of agricultural production .
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Oliveira, Renata Fernandes de. "Working capital management: a comparative analysis between the Brazilian agribusiness and other listed companies." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/17652.
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The main purpose of this study is to analyze the relation between working capital and profitability in the agribusiness sector companies in comparison with other Brazilian listed companies. Differently from the previous studies, the central hypothesis sought to investigate whether the negative relation between the working capital and the profitability of the companies applies to companies in this sector and included another variable in the traditional model, the operating working capital requirement. Additionally, we tried to analyze the working capital quarterly seasonality effect on the profitability and the impact of the working capital management on the profitability of companies of the agribusiness sector in periods of economic recession. The regressions have been estimated on a quarterly basis for the period from 2007 to 2015. The results found present evidences that suggest the following conclusions: 1) given the specificity of the agribusiness sector, the cash conversion cycle does not explain the relation between profitability and management of working capital of these companies; 2) The operating working capital requirement presents statistical significance and an additional investment of this variable can add value to companies of that sector; 3) the seasonality influences the agribusiness companies working capital management and profitability and may add greater value in the two last quarters of the year; and 4) the efficient working capital management in recession times increases the companies profitability.
O objetivo principal deste estudo é comparar a relação entre o capital de giro e a rentabilidade das empresas do setor de agronegócio em relação às demais empresas. Diferente dos estudos anteriores, a hipótese central buscou investigar se a relação negativa entre o capital de giro e a rentabilidade das empresas se aplica às empresas desse setor e incluiu no modelo tradicional outra variável, a necessidade de capital de giro operacional. Adicionalmente, buscou-se analisar o o efeito da sazonalidade trimestral do capital de giro na rentabilidade e o impacto da gestão de capital de giro na rentabilidade das empresas do setor de agronegócios em períodos de recessão econômica. As regressões foram estimadas em bases trimestrais do período de 2007 e 2015. Os resultados encontrados apresentam evidências que sugerem as seguintes conclusões: 1) dada a especificidade do setor de agronegócio, o ciclo de conversão em caixa não explica a relação entre rentabilidade e gestão de capital de giro dessas empresas; 2) Já a necessidade de capital de giro apresenta significância estatística e um investimento adicional dessa variável pode agregar valor às empresas desse setor; 3) a sazonalidade influencia a gestão de capital de giro e a rentabilidade das empresas de agronegócio e pode agregar maior valor nos últimos dois trimestres do ano; e 4) a eficiente gestão do capital de giro em momentos de recessão aumenta a rentabilidade das empresas.
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Dahlberg, Justin Michael. "Fleet management of rural timber bridges." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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Raj, Anup. "Managerial perception of the impact of corporate social responsibility on corporate branding in Indian agribusiness firms." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2016. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18632/.
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This study explores the managerial perception regarding the influence of CSR on corporate branding in the Indian agribusiness context. This thesis relies on CSR theories and brand management models and follows a qualitative case methodology. The study contributes to existing knowledge by focusing on the motives of Indian agribusiness firms to get involved in CSR practices and the means through which such practices influences branding. The study focuses on three key elements of corporate branding of Indian agribusiness - corporate image and reputation, corporate culture and corporate communication. The research draws on thematic analysis of 28 responses from semi-structured interviews of practicing managers in branding, marketing and CSR domains of four large agribusiness firms in India. The results reveal that though CSR practices does not influence corporate branding strategy of agribusiness firms significantly, firms do have implicit motive of branding while pursuing CSR. Firms primarily do CSR for operational reasons such as for removing the operational and legal hurdles for smooth functioning of the manufacturing plant and business which is an explicit motive of CSR. The other explicit motives are ‘community development’ and ‘philanthropy’. The study indicates that agribusiness firms use CSR practices to gain support of the local community for smooth operation of their business or at the time of crisis. The results illustrate that, CSR positively influences corporate image and reputation and thereby objectively influences corporate branding of Indian agribusiness firms. Other aspects of the study divulge that CSR has limited influence on advertising and communication programs because advertising of CSR is not common in India due to cultural and cost issues. However, promotion and internal communication of CSR initiatives are adequately done within the organisations. Moreover, the study also elucidates that firms possessing a corporate culture which gives importance to environmental sustainabilityare more likely to adopt CSR in their future brand strategy than firms which possess a corporate culture that is largely driven by market forces and competition.
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Nolet, Sarah V. "Accelerating sustainability-oriented innovations in agribusiness : a set of proposed best practices for corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107605.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, System Design and Management Program, Engineering and Management Program, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The agribusiness industry is under pressure and on the brink of transformation. The current environmental and social impacts of the agribusiness industry are huge, increasingly visible, and problematic. Demands on this system are increasing as the population grows, urbanizes, and demands more protein, healthier food, and more transparent supply chains. Yet simultaneously climate change, decreasing quality and availability of natural resources, and tougher standards on the use and environmental impact of agrochemicals are constraining supply. Together, these demand drivers and supply constraints create an urgent need for economically viable innovations that deliver environmental and social benefits. Corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs are currently trying to accelerate these sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs) in various ways. Agribusiness corporations are losing market share, and in response are deploying strategies such as M&A, R&D, and updated internal processes (e.g., marketing, CSR, cost cutting) in a desperate attempt to become more innovative. Investors see an opportunity for financial returns and/or positive impact, and are therefore deploying increasing amounts of capital to accelerate technologies that address the above supply/demand challenges. Entrepreneurs have noticed that consumers no longer trust "Big Food", and see this an opportunity to create a better food system through innovation. It is not clear, however, if these strategies are sufficient. Further, if they are not sufficient, it is crucial to identify gaps and propose solutions. This study, through semi-structured interviews and review of academic and gray literatures, analyzes the current strategies of corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs to accelerate agribusiness SOIs. After identifying where existing approaches are insufficient, I propose a series of solutions- in the form of best practices for each stakeholder- that address the identified gaps and challenges. By identifying and addressing the limitations of current approaches, corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs can more effectively accelerate SOIs and improve the environmental and social impacts of the agribusiness industry.
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Rinker, Skyler P. "A feasibility study of the expansion of swine and management for Iowa State University’s AG 450 farm." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35500.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Allen M. Featherstone
For more than 70 years, the Iowa State University Ag 450 Farm has been in operation south of the Iowa State University (ISU) campus located in Ames, Iowa. The Ag 450 farm is currently the only student managed farm at a land grant university in the United States. The idea for the Ag 450 Farm was developed by Dr. William Murray in 1938 and in 1943, the Ag 450 class was first offered by Dr. Murray. At the farm, the core principals of agribusiness and farm management have been taught while adapting to an ever-changing agriculture. The Ag 450 Farm is considered the capstone course for the Iowa State University Agricultural Studies major. ISU Ag 450 is currently under the supervision of farm manager Greg Vogel and the Iowa State University Agriculture and Studies Department. Today, the Iowa State University Ag 450 students manage approximately 275 acres of owned ground, 700 acres of cash rented ground, 80 acres of crop share ground, and 800 acres of custom farmed ground depending on the year. Ag 450 represents a commercial farming enterprise of corn and soybean production as well as housing nursery piglets and custom finishing over 1000 head of feeder pigs. In its current condition, the ISU Ag 450 is looking to expand its operations to meet the demands Agricultural Studies majors at Iowa State University. A focus of the expansion is to increase the amount of custom finished feeder pigs by building another finishing facility. That type of expansion requires the need for another full-time farm manager. This research examines the feasibility of expansion of the swine and management to determine the impact this may have on the future viability of the farm.
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Carey, Christopher Miles. "The benefit of an effective safety program in the agribusiness industry." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/503.
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Mason, Kristine M. "Schoolgirls in a rural context." Thesis, Aston University, 1986. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12201/.
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It is proposed that, for rural secondary schoolgirls, school is a site of contestation. Rural girls attempt to 'use' school as a means of resisting traditional patriarchal definitions of a 'woman's place'. In their efforts, the girls are thwarted by aspects of the school itself, the behaviour and attitudes of the boys in school, and also the 'careers advice' which they receive. It is argued that the girls perceive school as being of greater importance to them than is the case for the boys, and that these gender differentiated perceptions are related to the 'social' lives of the girls and boys, and also to their future employment prospects. Unlike the boys, the girls experience considerable restrictions concerning these two areas. This theory was grounded in an ethnographic study which was conducted in and around a village in a rural county in England. As well as developing the theory through ethnography, the thesis contains tests of certain hypotheses generated by the theory. These hypotheses relate to the gender differentiated perspectives of secondary school pupils with regard to the areas of school itself, life outside school, and expectations for the future. The quantitative methods used to test these hypotheses confirm that there is a tendency for girls to be more positively orientated to school than the boys; to feel less able to engage in preferred activities outside school time than the boys, and also to be more willing to move away from the area than the boys. For comparative purposes these hypotheses were tested in two other rural locations and the results indicate the need for further research of a quantitative kind into the context of girls' schooling in such locations. A critical review of literature is presented, as is a detailed discussion of the research process itself.
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Morris, Cooper H. Jr. "The value, degree, and consistency of Kansas crop farms’ relative characteristics, pratices, and management performances." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17631.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Kevin Dhuyvetter
This research analyzes how crop farms can achieve a higher net income per acre than other operations by farming fundamentally differently than others. There are many factors that are important to the long-term viability of today’s crop operations, one of which is how farms profitability compares with other operations. This determines farms’ ability to compete for land, outlast other operations through periods of unprofitability, and produce crops at long run equilibrium prices. These factors are relevant in today’s crop production industry where farms sit on a segment of the agribusiness supply chain. Therefore, in the interest of providing farms relevant information to manage their operations, this research analyzes how farms can distinguish their performance from other operations by accessing land and equipment resources, production practices for growing crops, and focusing their management efforts differently than other operations. There are three parts to this analysis. First, farms are broken down by characteristics, practices, and management performances. Then an econometric analysis quantifies the integrated correlation between farms’ distinguished characteristics, practices, and management performances and their distinguished net incomes per acre. Next a standard deviation analysis measures the degree to which farms are capable of distinguishing particular characteristics, practices, and management performances from other operations. Lastly, the performance of farms over the 2001 to 2010 time period is used to quantify how feasible it is for farms to maintain particular differences from other operations. Data used in this analysis were provided by the Kansas Farm Management Association, Kansas State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics, and Kansas’s National Agricultural Statistics Service office. The results suggest the way farms distinguish their characteristics, practices, and management performances from other operations impacts how their net income compares to other operations. The econometric analysis found that relative farm size, share of rented acres, the value of overhead and equipment investment per acre, government payments, planting intensity, risk, and cost, yield, and price management performances were all significantly related to farms’ relative net income. In regards to farms’ comparative profitability, this suggests farms should be aware of how their characteristics, practices, and management performances compare to other operations. The results also suggest the degree to which and the consistency with which farms can distinguish particular characteristics, practices, and management performances are different from one another. Over the 2001 to 2010 period, Kansas farms distinguished their characteristics from other operations to a larger degree than they distinguished their practices and management performances. Farms also maintained differences in their characteristics more consistently than they maintained differences in their practices and management performances. This suggests farms that are actively seeking to distinguish their net income per acre from other operations should be aware of the degree and consistency with which they can maintain particular differences from other operations.
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Duarte, Sérgio Lemos. "Comportamento das variáveis dos custos de produção das culturas de café, cana-de-açúcar, milho e soja em relação ao preço de venda." Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 2010. https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/11931.
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The behavior of the production costs of coffee, sugar cane, corn and soybean in relation to
sales price, can provide tools for management controls to agricultural producers. The
objective of this study is to investigate how it was this behavior in these cultures, in relation to
the selling price or gross revenue. For this, it was used the data s costs and gross revenues
from the yearbook of Brazilian agriculture whose name is Agrianual and analyzed period was
from 1999 to 2008. It has applied at the cost s variables, the statistical test of Kolmogorov-
Smirnov (Lilliefors) in order to verify the normality of the data. Subsequently, it was
calculated the correlation coefficient of Spearman for data whose distribution was not normal
and the Pearson s correlation coefficient when data s distribution was normal. The objective
of the correlation´s tests was to consider whether data were correlated linearly. After that, it
was calculated the coefficient of determination, whose defines how a variable cost is
explained by the variable gross revenue, and also obtained the linear regression equation in
order to determine the dependency between variables with the standard error of estimate. The
results showed that, for the formation s period of all analyzed cultures, the costs of
"seedlings" and "planting material" were the variables that provided the better explanation
for the price variable. At other times it was found that several variables in production costs
were linearly correlated and could be predicted with the gross revenue, thus can providing
the rural farmers, means to plan their budgets and a method for analysis of costs.O comportamento dos custos das culturas do café, da cana-de-açúcar, do milho e da soja, em relação ao preço de venda, pode fornecer instrumentos de controles gerenciais ao produtor rural. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar de que forma se deu esse comportamento, nas culturas em questão, em relação ao preço de venda ou à receita bruta. Para isso, utilizaram-se os dados do Agrianual, o anuário da agricultura brasileira, do período de 1999 a 2008, de custos e receitas brutas. Foi aplicado nas variáveis de custos o teste de Kolmogorov-smirnov (Lilliefors) para verificar a normalidade dos dados. Posteriormente, calculou-se o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman para os dados cuja distribuição era não normal e o coeficiente de correlação de Pearson quando os dados obtiveram distribuição normal, tencionando analisar se eles estavam correlacionados linearmente. Finalizou-se com o cálculo do coeficiente de determinação, o qual define o quanto de uma variável de custos é explicada pela variável receita bruta e, além disso, obteve-se a equação de regressão linear para averiguar a dependência entre as variáveis juntamente com o erro padrão de estimativa. O resultado obtido evidenciou para o período de formação da lavoura de todas as culturas analisadas os custos de mudas e material de plantio foram as variáveis que demonstraram melhor explicação pela variável preço. Nos outros períodos verificou-se que diversas variáveis dos custos de produção encontravam-se correlacionadas linearmente e podiam ser preditas com a receita bruta, fornecendo, assim, ao produtor rural, subsídios para o planejamento de seus orçamentos e um método para análises dos custos.
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ANDRADE, Jucimar Casimiro de. "Causalidade entre variáveis macroeconômicas e a receita bruta em empresas do segmento de agronegócio listadas na BM&FBovespa." Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2016. http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/4548.
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Currently characterized by strong globalization and outstanding regulatory pressure, the financial capital market has shown profound changes, especially the introduction of new corporations in the agribusiness interested in capital opening. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the causal relationship between a set of macroeconomic variables and gross revenue in agribusiness sector companies listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa). Thus, it has selected a sample of eight public companies with active shares on the BM&FBovespa, from the quarter of 2003.1 to 2015.2, belonging to all segments handled directly or indirectly to agribusiness. As endogenous variables, it was selected five variables: Gross Revenue of the respective companies, GDP of Agriculture, Agricultural Products Price Index (IPA), Basic Interest Rate (Selic) and exchange rate (R$/US$). Thus, using the methodology of Vector Auto Regressive (VAR), the techniques of variance decomposition and impulse response function showed similar readings, that is, the GDP of Agriculture and the Agricultural Products Price Index showed a significant influence on the revenue in 7 of the eight models analyzed, especially Eucatex SA, in which the Father has come to represent over 58% of the variance decomposition from the 18th period and Klabin SA, in which the exchange rate now accounts for over 40% of the variance decomposition of forecast errors from the 12 periods after the structural shock. When compared to the Granger Causality Test (1986), the results showed some differences, and the lagged values of own recipe that caused more about herself.
Caracterizado atualmente pela forte globalização e pressão regulatória marcante, o mercado financeiro de capitais vem apresentando profundas transformações, principalmente pela inserção de novas corporações ligadas ao agronegócio interessadas na abertura de capital. Portanto, essa investigação teve como objetivo, analisar a relação de causalidade entre um conjunto de variáveis macroeconômicas e a receita bruta em empresas do segmento de agronegócio listadas na BM&FBovespa. Destarte, foi selecionada uma amostra de oito empresas de capital aberto com ações ativas na BM&FBovespa, entre os trimestres de 2003.1 a 2015.2, todas pertencentes a segmentos lidados direta ou indiretamente ao agronegócio. Como variáveis endógenas selecionou-se 5 variáveis: Receita Bruta das respectivas companhias, PIB da Agropecuária, Índice de Preços de Produtos Agropecuários (IPA), Taxa Básica de Juros (Selic) e Taxa de Câmbio (R$/US$). Assim, com uso da metodologia de Vetores Autoregressivos (VAR), as técnicas de decomposição da variância e da função impulso-resposta apresentaram leituras semelhantes, ou seja, o PIB da Agropecuária e o Índice de Preços dos Produtos Agropecuários apresentaram significativa influência sobre a receita em 7 dos oito modelos analisados, com destaque para a Eucatex S.A., em que o IPA passou a representar mais de 58% da decomposição da variância a partir do 18º período e da Klabin S.A., em que a taxa de Câmbio passou a representar mais de 40% da decomposição da variância dos erros de previsão a partir do 12º períodos após o choque estrutural. Quando comparado ao teste de causalidade de Granger (1986), os resultados apresentaram algumas divergências, sendo os valores defasados da própria receita que mais causaram sobre ela mesma.
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SILVA, Matos da. "Rede de cooperação na agroindústria: um estudo exploratório de agroindústrias localizadas na Mata Sul do Estado de Pernambuco." Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2011. http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/4599.
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The agribusiness in Brazil represents an important sector of the economic activity. It uses around 52% of the economically active population (PEA), something around 36 million people and had it historical record in 2007, with R$ 611,8 billion of its sectorial GIP, approximately 33% of the national GIP. This research studied the cooperation in the agribusiness sector, under the point of view of management and operational aspects, under the optics of the managers of seven agribusiness enterprises located in South Mata of the state of Pernambuco, in the cities of Belém de Maria, Bonito, Catende, Quipapá, São Benedito do Sul and Sirinhaém. It was studied the correlation between the different aspects of the cooperation and to test the significance of the relations between the time of activity of the companies and the diverse aspects to the cooperation. For the attainment of the data, questionnaires were applied to the managers of the agribusiness enterprises in number of 42 questionnaires, distributed in seven number for each manager. It was used as technique of analysis of the data the descriptive statistics, the coefficient of correlation of Spearman and the accurate test of Fisher. It could be evidenced that 78.57% (33) of the interviewed managers said that they already had heard to speak of nets of cooperation between companies and 21.43% (9) said that they did not have knowledge of what is the net of enterprise cooperation. It was observed that the managers had been unanimous in affirming the importance of the cooperation, mainly in the aspects of the existence of advantages for the companies to cooperate between themselves; and the importance of a good relationship with its fellow workers. In relation to the perception of the managers towards the management aspects of the cooperation, it is evident that the strongest importance is attributed to the aspects of the collective bargaining with the suppliers, therefore there are some situations in which, the all of the managers answered that they consider of extreme relevance the cooperation for this type of negotiation. With regard to the perception of the managers on the importance of the cooperation, there is a tendency of affirmative answers (yes), the longer is the time of performance of the managers in the agribusiness enterprises.
O agronegócio no Brasil representa um importante setor da atividade econômica. Emprega em torno de 52% da população economicamente ativa (PEA), algo em torno de 36 milhões de pessoas e bateu recorde histórico em 2007, com R$ 611,8 bilhões de PIB setorial, aproximadamente 33% do PIB nacional. Esta pesquisa estudou a cooperação na agroindústria, nos seus aspectos gerencias e operacionais, sob a ótica dos gestores de sete agroindústrias localizadas na Mata Sul do estado de Pernambuco, nas cidades de Belém de Maria, Bonito, Catende, Quipapá, São Benedito do Sul e Sirinhaém. Procurou-se apresentar a estatística descritiva dos diversos aspectos referentes à cooperação dos investigados, analisar a correlação existente entre os diversos aspectos referentes à cooperação e testar a significância das relações entre o tempo de atividade das empresas e os diversos aspectos referentes à cooperação. Para a obtenção dos dados foram aplicados questionários aos gestores das agroindústrias em número de 42 questionários, distribuídos em número de sete para cada agroindústria, correspondente aos associados. Foi utilizada como técnica de análise dos dados a estatística descritiva, o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman e a prova exata de Fisher. Pode-se constatar que 78,57% (33) dos entrevistados disseram que já ouviram falar de redes de cooperação entre empresas e 21,43% (9) disseram que não têm conhecimento do que é a rede de cooperação empresarial. Observou-se que os agricultores foram unânimes em afirmar a importância da cooperação, quanto aos aspectos da existência de vantagens para as empresas cooperarem entre si; da importância de um bom relacionamento com os seus colegas de trabalho. Quando é analisada a percepção dos gestores em relação aos aspectos gerenciais da cooperação, fica evidente que a importância maior é atribuída aos aspectos da negociação coletiva com os fornecedores, pois neste caso, a unanimidade dos entrevistados respondeu que considera de extrema relevância a cooperação para este tipo de negociação. Com relação a percepção dos gestores sobre a importância da cooperação, há uma tendência de respostas afirmativas (sim), quanto maior for o tempo de atuação dos gestores nas agroindústrias.
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Dias, Marcelo Capre. "Antecedentes do impacto da tecnologia de informação na cadeia de suprimentos e efeitos desse impacto na performance de cooperativas agroindustriais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-17092007-153337/.
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O uso da tecnologia de informação pode propiciar muitos benefícios aos diversos segmentos da cadeia de suprimentos. Neste sentido este trabalho procura responder ?quais são os antecedentes do impacto da tecnologia de informação na cadeia de suprimentos e os efeitos desses impactos na performance de cooperativas agroindustriais??. Foram analisados os antecedentes dos impactos da tecnologia de informação: apoio da direção, qualidade técnica do departamento de tecnologia de informação, planejamento de tecnologia de informação. Também foram analisados os impactos da tecnologia de informação na cadeia de suprimentos nos segmentos upstream, produção e downstream. E as relações dos impactos da tecnologia de informação na performance da cooperativa. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa foi desenvolvido um survey via internet acessando cooperativas agropecuárias no Brasil. Para análise foram utilizadas técnicas estatísticas multivariadas. E a modelagem de equações estruturais usou o software Smart PLS 2.0 M3. Com isso realizou-se a validação dos modelos de mensuração e estrutural. Os resultados são importantes para comprovar a relação das variáveis antecedentes com os impactos da tecnologia da informação. E ressaltar a importância da tecnologia da informação na performance. Esses resultados são úteis para profissionais e pesquisadores da área de tecnologia da informação e agronegócio.The use of InformationTechnology can propitiate many benefits to the several segments of the supplies\' chain. That way, this work search the answer the question ? which are the Antecedents of Information Technology\'s impact in the supplies\' chain as well as the effects of that impact in the agroindustrial cooperatives\' performance??. The antecedents of Information System\'s impact were analyzed: support of the direction, technical quality of Information Technology\'s department, planning of Information Technology. Also the impacts of the Information Technology were studied in the supplies\' chain in the upstream, production and downstream segments. And the links about the impacts of the Information Technology in the agroindustrial cooperatives\' performance. For the development of the research was applied a survey through internet by accessing such Brazilian cooperatives. For analysis, various statistical techniques were used, and the modelling of structural equations was made in the software Smart PLS 2.0 M3. Due to it, took place the validation of measurance models and structural. The results are important to prove the relationship of the antecedents variables of the Information Technology\'s impact in the performance. Those results are useful for professionals and researchers of both Information Technology\'s and agrobusiness area.
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Dominic, Theresia [Verfasser], Ludwig [Akademischer Betreuer] Theuvsen, Achim [Akademischer Betreuer] Spiller, and Oliver [Akademischer Betreuer] Mußhoff. "Assessment of Strategic Management Practices in Small Agribusiness Firms in Tanzania / Theresia Dominic. Gutachter: Achim Spiller ; Oliver Mußhoff. Betreuer: Ludwig Theuvsen." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/107199168X/34.
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Dominic, Theresia Verfasser], Ludwig [Akademischer Betreuer] [Theuvsen, Achim [Akademischer Betreuer] Spiller, and Oliver [Akademischer Betreuer] Mußhoff. "Assessment of Strategic Management Practices in Small Agribusiness Firms in Tanzania / Theresia Dominic. Gutachter: Achim Spiller ; Oliver Mußhoff. Betreuer: Ludwig Theuvsen." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-11858/00-1735-0000-0022-6002-E-2.
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Cleaver, Frances. "Community management of rural water supplies in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321023.
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Law, Deborah J. "Accessibility, deprivation and rural planning policies." Thesis, Aston University, 1986. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12160/.
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Since the Second World War a range of policies have been implemented by central and local government agencies, with a view to improving accessibility to facilities, housing and employment opportunities within rural areas. It has been suggested that a lack of reasonable access to a range of such facilities and opportunities constitutes a key aspect of deprivation or disadvantage for rural residents. Despite considerable interest, very few attempts have been made to assess the nature and incidence of this disadvantage or the reaction of different sections of the population of rural areas to it. Moreover, almost all previous assessments have relied on so-called 'objective' measures of accessibility and disadvantage and failed to consider the relationship between such measures and 'subjective' measures such as individual perceptions. It is this gap in knowledge that the research described in this thesis has addressed. Following a critical review of relevant literature the thesis describes the way in which data on 'objective' and 'subjective' indicators of accessibility and behavioural responses to accessibility problems was collected, in six case study areas in Shropshire. Analysis of this data indicates that planning and other government policies have failed to significantly improve rural resident's accessibility to their basic requirements, and may in some cases have exacerbated it, and that as a result certain sections of the rural population are relatively disadvantaged. Moreover, analysis shows that .certain aspects of individual subjective' assessments of such accessibility disadvantage are significantly associated with more easily-obtained 'objective' measures. By using discriminant analysis the research demonstrates that it is possible to predict the likely levels of satisfaction with access to facilities from a range of 'objective' measures. The research concludes by highlighting the potential practical applications of such indicators in policy formulation, policy appraisal and policy evaluation.
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MAIA, Kaliane de Freitas. "O “agronegócio sertanejo”: (re)pecuarização e grande propriedade rural na microrregião de Catolé do Rocha (PB), semiárido nordestino." Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2013. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/1338.
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O trabalho abrange as transformações sociais, econômicas, técnicas e produtivas que têm sido vivenciadas nas médias e grandes propriedades rurais do semiárido nordestino, demarcando as especificidades dos esforços recentes de modernização e de integração aos mercados de produtos agropecuários. Objetivou-se entender como os proprietários rurais reagem e se organizam frente aos processos de modernização após a decadência do sistema latifúndio/algodão/pecuária/morada a partir de finais da década de 1970. Propomos a utilização da noção de “agronegócio sertanejo” para a compreensão destas transformações. Para a realização dos objetivos, decidiu-se pela realização de pesquisa de campo na microrregião de Catolé do Rocha, no Sertão da Paraíba. O município de Catolé do Rocha e os demais desta microrregião estão historicamente ligados ao poder dos coronéis e à manutenção do patrimônio fundiário, dando fama nacional às oligarquias familiares, em especial à família Maia. Entrevistas realizadas junto aos médios e grandes proprietários de terras dos municípios que compõe a microrregião, levantamentos de dados junto ao IBGE e INCRA e coleta de informações junto ao cartório do município de Catolé do Rocha e arquivos da família Maia, compõem nosso universo empírico de análise. Para dar conta de refletir sobre a forma particular do agronegócio no semiárido nordestino, combinada a outras formas sociais assumidas pela grande propriedade na região, está tese se orienta pela seguinte questão: em que medida podemos compreender os processos de reestruturação produtiva engendrados nas últimas décadas nas médias e grandes propriedades da microrregião de Catolé do Rocha a partir da noção de “agronegócio sertanejo”? e (re)pecuarização? A compreensão das estratégias adotadas pelos proprietários na conformação do que estamos chamando de “agronegócio sertanejo” passa necessariamente pela ressignificação da atividade pecuária e pela emergência de novas formas sociais que levaram à superação do antigo latifúndio. As duas noções que mobilizamos neste trabalho expressam uma certa ambiguidade de lógicas discursivas e práticas em traços constitutivos da identidade de médios e grandes proprietários rurais, em que tradicionalismo e conservadorismo convivem com ideias de modernização e empreendedorismo.
This thesis covers the social, economic, technical and productive changes that have been experienced in medium and large-size farms in the semiarid region in Northeast, Brazil, as part of recent efforts to modernize and integrate these rural properties to regional and national markets of agricultural products. This study aimed to understand how landowners have responded to the decline of landlordism system from the late 1970s. The expression “Agronegócio sertanejo” (backcountry agribusiness) was created to understand such transformations. The field research was conduct in Catolé do Rocha, Paraíba State, ncluding interviews and research on local archives. This region was historically linked to the power of landowners, giving national fame to the family oligarchies, especially the Maia family. The work was guided by this central question: to what extent can we understand the processes of productive restructuring engendered in recent decades in medium and large farms of Catolé do Rocha region from the notion of "Agronegócio sertanejo"? This process implied the redefinition of the cattle industry and the emergence of new social forms that led to the overcoming of the landlordism system. The social dynamics express an ambiguity of logical and discursive practices in constituting the identity traits of landowners in semiarid region in Brazil, where traditionalism and conservatism coexist with ideas of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Farinelli, Juliana Borba de Moraes [UNESP]. "Flexibilidade gerencial e diversificação de culturas na propriedade rural canavieira." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151293.
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A diversificação de culturas confere benefícios à propriedade rural quanto à redução do risco do negócio e aos proventos agronômicos no ambiente produtivo. Na atividade canavieira a diversificação de culturas pelo sistema de rotação ou sucessão agrícola ainda é um paradigma para o produtor rural, principalmente devido ao ciclo produtivo da cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum spp) distinto das culturas anuais que induzem o produtor a manter a cultura entre 4 a 6 anos para diluir o investimento da implantação. Por conseguinte o plantio de outra cultura é realizado nas áreas de reforma de canavial apenas ao final do ciclo da cana. Esta pesquisa questiona esse paradigma ao utilizar a teoria de opções reais para capturar o valor da flexibilidade gerencial em diversificar a produção como forma de minimizar o risco e aumentar os resultados do empreendimento rural utilizando a opção de troca entre as culturas de cana e soja, considerando um modelo polinomial combinando a volatilidade de mercado com a volatilidade da produtividade. Para tanto, tomou-se como base um experimento agrícola realizado ao longo de 7 anos, com diferentes sistemas de sucessão com cana, instalado e conduzido em uma propriedade rural na Região de Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil. Diante dos resultados pode-se deferir que o sistema de sucessão soja/crotalária/soja/cana foi o que obteve melhor desempenho agronômico e econômico-financeiro e, a diversificação de culturas por meio da teoria do portfólio devolveu uma maior valorização a atividade, numa divisão de área em 44% de cana e 56% de soja. Esse perfil de área demonstrara viabilidade financeira pelo ponto de equilíbrio. A partir da teoria das opções reais, tomando como base os riscos agronômicos e de mercado em uma abordagem polinomial, verificou-se um maior retorno do investimento com a flexibilidade de substituição da cana com soja (Glycine max), quando alcançou o valor de R$ 1.601.952 em detrimento a R$ 1.229.88 quando não aplicado. A aplicação da opção troca de cultura foi possível logo no segundo corte da cana, um cenário totalmente novo para a realidade da região de Jaboticabal/SP.
Diversification of crops confers benefits to rural property in reducing business risk and agronomic revenues in the productive environment. In sugar cane crop diversification by the rotation system or agricultural succession is still a paradigm for the rural producer, mainly due to the productive cycle of sugarcane (Saccharum spp) distinct from the annual crops that induce the producer to maintain the crop Between 4 and 6 years to dilute the deployment investment. Consequently, the planting of another crop is carried out in the areas of sugar cane reforestation only at the end of the cane cycle. This research questions this paradigm when using the real options theory to capture the value of managerial flexibility in diversifying production as a way to minimize risk and increase the results of the rural enterprise using the exchange option between cane and soybean crops, considering A polynomial model combining market volatility and productivity volatility. For this, an agricultural experiment was carried out over 7 years, with different sugarcane succession systems, installed and conducted in a rural property in the Jaboticabal Region, São Paulo, Brazil. In view of the results, it can be inferred that the succession system soybean / crotalaria / soybean / cane was the one that obtained the best agronomic and economic-financial performance and, the diversification of cultures through the theory of the portfolio returned a greater value to the activity, in a Division of area in 44% of sugarcane and 56% of soybean. These area quantities demonstrated financial viability at the Point of Equilibrium. Based on the real options theory, based on the agronomic and market risks in a polynomial approach, there was a higher return on investment with the flexibility of substitution of cane with soybean (Glycine max) when it reached the value of R$ 1,601,952 instead of R$ 1,229.88 when not applied. The application of the culture exchange option was possible in the second sugarcane cut, a totally new scenario for the region of Jaboticabal / SP.
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Movafaghi, Olivia Shahrzad. "Cross-Hedging Bison with Live Cattle Futures." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50205.
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Bison production is an emerging retail meat industry. As demand increases, it creates opportunity for supply-side growth. However, the bison market is volatile and the potential for a drop in the value of bison makes price risk an important factor for producers. Following price risk theory, hedging opportunities for bison producers are investigated using the live cattle futures contract. For the time periods researched, there is no clear evidence that cross-hedging reduces price risk for bison producers. However, there is a possibility that after the bison industry becomes more established and consumer knowledge plays lesser of a role in prices, cross-hedging strategies will be advantageous to producers.Master of Science
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SANTORO, Julia Oliveira Barros. "Diagn?stico das agroind?strias familiares rurais do munic?pio de Pinheiral-RJ: um instrumento para a forma??o do t?cnico em agropecu?ria do Campus Pinheiral do Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro." Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 2012. https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/1653.
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The agricultural education should allow students to develop their ability to knowledge from interactive practice according to the reality of environment, thus enabling the effective application of theoretical knowledge in practice. Thus, this research aimed to lead students into the field to diagnose the locals rural family?s agribusiness, and use it as an instrument for the graduation of the Farming Technician CANP / IFRJ. The research was conducted at the Nile Pe?anha Campus - Pinheiral Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro - CANP / IFRJ with 25 students attending third-grade Farming Technician, class 311/2011 and also at a country-side of Pinheiral - RJ with 34 farmers. In this context, the development in the field work made the students have contact with the reality of farmers, the knowledge of agricultural and processed products in the city, also to evidence the absence of CANP/IFRJ with the rural community and the many possibilities the institution might have along the rural producers, through the promotion of rural extension activities and technical assistance with the effective participation of the students, which in their opinion will make theory work with the practice, it is extremely important for your professional graduation. The method adopted to develop the research with the students were the application of questionnaires, prepared based on scripts using open and close questions, within the beginning of 2011 school year, and also, conducting focus group dynamics to recognize the perceptions, feelings, attitudes and students ideas after working at a proposed field. According to participation of rural producers in the research, they were interviewed by the students followed the scripts containing open and close questions, and also they had their properties visited. The research results showed the necessity on stimulating development interdisciplinary activities, using the rural properties participatory trial. it was shown the that, through these activities the students could experience and how to apply, and practice theoretical knowledge, getting ready for the work field. In short, the realization of activities provide the approximation of CANP/IFRJ to locals rural producers, and together they can strategize and seek for alternatives for the development local productive arrangement.
O Ensino Agr?cola deve permitir ao estudante desenvolver sua capacidade de constru??o de conhecimento a partir da pr?tica interativa com a realidade do seu meio, possibilitando, assim, a efetiva aplica??o dos conhecimentos te?ricos na pr?tica. Dessa forma, esta pesquisa teve como principal objetivo conduzir os estudantes a campo para realizar o diagn?stico das agroind?strias familiares rurais locais e, utiliz?-lo como um instrumento para a forma??o do T?cnico em Agropecu?ria do CANP/IFRJ. A pesquisa foi realizada no Campus Nilo Pe?anha - Pinheiral do Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro ? CANP/IFRJ com 25 estudantes da terceira s?rie do curso T?cnico em Agropecu?ria da turma 311/2011 e, tamb?m, na ?rea rural do munic?pio de Pinheiral - RJ com 34 produtores rurais. Nesse ?mbito, o desenvolvimento do trabalho de campo possibilitou ao corpo discente contato com a realidade dos produtores rurais, o conhecimento da produ??o agropecu?ria e dos produtos processados no munic?pio, al?m de despertar nos estudantes o senso cr?tico do afastamento do CANP/IFRJ com a comunidade rural e das muitas possibilidades de inser??o que a institui??o pode ter, junto aos produtores rurais, por meio da promo??o de atividades de extens?o rural e assist?ncia t?cnica com a efetiva participa??o dos estudantes, o que na opini?o deles promove o di?logo entre teoria e pr?tica, que ? de fundamental import?ncia para a sua forma??o profissional. Os procedimentos metodol?gicos adotados para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa junto aos estudantes foram a aplica??o de question?rios, elaborados com base em roteiros estruturados com perguntas abertas e fechadas no in?cio e no final do ano letivo de 2011 e, tamb?m, a realiza??o da din?mica do grupo focal, para conhecer as percep??es, os sentimentos, as atitudes e as ideias dos estudantes ap?s o trabalho de campo proposto. Em rela??o ? participa??o dos produtores rurais na pesquisa, eles foram entrevistados pelos estudantes que utilizaram um roteiro estruturado contendo perguntas abertas e fechadas e, na oportunidade da entrevista, tamb?m tiveram suas propriedades visitadas. Al?m disso, os resultados da pesquisa indicaram a necessidade de estimular o desenvolvimento de atividades interdisciplinares, utilizando as propriedades rurais do munic?pio como unidades de experimenta??o participativa. Comprovou-se, ent?o, que, por meio dessas atividades os estudantes puderam vivenciar e conhecer as reais dificuldades dos produtores rurais do munic?pio e como aplicar, de fato, na pr?tica seus conhecimentos te?ricos, deixando-os melhor preparados para o mundo do trabalho. Em suma, a realiza??o dessas atividades possibilitou a aproxima??o do CANP/IFRJ aos produtores rurais do munic?pio que, juntos, podem tra?ar estrat?gias e buscar alternativas para o desenvolvimento do arranjo produtivo local.
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Faria, Jessica Mota. "Dinâmica estrutural do setor produtivo de ovos : uma análise a partir das empresas líderes brasileiras." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/72790.
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A avicultura de postura no decorrer dos anos 2000 apresenta crescentes modificações no seu ambiente competitivo. Por um lado, a abertura dos mercados na década de 1990 proporcionou a modernização e a inovação do setor produtivo, mas também inseriu o granjeiro em uma competição internacional na aquisição de insumos. A estabilidade da demanda, aliada com a maximização da capacidade instalada das firmas, estabeleceu um ambiente com maior competitividade e rivalidade para a conquista de parcelas de mercados, principalmente na região onde se encontra a maior praça de produção e consumo: a Região Sudeste. É com o objetivo de identificar a evolução dessas modificações do ambiente estrutural que este trabalho se delineia. Analisou-se a evolução da estrutura do setor produtivo, identificando as percepções dos granjeiros quanto às principais barreiras estruturais e as principais condutas e deslocamentos da produção, ressaltando quais os principais fatores que resultam no lento crescimento e desenvolvimento do setor. Por meio dos índices de Herfindahl-Hirschman e Razão de Concentração, análise qualitativa da percepção dos empresários da microrregião de São Lourenço quanto à intensidade das barreiras à entrada de novos concorrentes, e análise do deslocamento regional da produção de ovos, foi possível identificar que a estrutura do setor produtivo, representado pelas firmas líderes nacionais, se situa tangenciando a concentração moderada com estabilidade em todos os anos do período analisado (2002 a 2011), apresentando diferentes comportamentos antes e após o ano de 2006. Há divergências de concentração entre as regiões brasileiras, ressaltando a importância desta para a região Sudeste, onde se concentram 48,7% do alojamento de aves regional, entre as 11 maiores firmas líderes analisadas. As percepções dos entrevistados desta região manifestam-se nas barreiras relativas à especificidade dos ativos envolvidos na produção e na economia de escala mínima exigida para a sobrevivência da firma no setor. Consolidando, uma consequente rede de barreiras, que culmina com o impacto na acessibilidade dos canais de distribuição, sinalizando uma estrutura regional oligopsônia. No entanto, condutas de introdução de inovação tecnológica no setor produtivo, aquisição das firmas “não líderes” por firmas líderes, deslocamentos da produção e alojamento para regiões produtoras de grãos e próximas ao consumidor são delineadas pelas firmas com o intuito de sobreviver neste setor produtivo. As condutas encontradas podem justificar a estabilidade da evolução estrutural do setor, o seu lento crescimento e modernização, principalmente antes do ano de 2006, comumente julgados pelos profissionais do setor resultantes de uma resistência cultural à entrada da modernização.The Brazilian Laying Poultry, since the year 2000 has faced some changes in its competitive environment. The opening of markets in the 1990s brought modernization and innovation to the egg production sector, but also placed the egg producer in an international competitive market to buy grains, mainly corn, tackling high prices and volatility. The stability in the demand, combined with high costs and the rise of productive company capacity created this economic atmosphere in which there is a high level of rivalry for market share among companies, meanly on regions where the highest concentrations of companies and the largest production and consumption indexes are: The Southeast. This research focuses in the development of these structural atmosphere, trying to identify the evolution of the egg production sector structure. Therefore, concentration indexes were analyzed comprehending the period between 2002 and 2011, taking into account the level of barriers to enter the market according to the egg producers’ perceptions and supported by the behavior observed in the egg production sector. Herfindahl-Hirschman and market share indexes proved low concentration in some values in 2009, 2010 and 2011, with different growth among the companies after 2006. 48.7% of southeast laying hens are lodged in eleven leading companies, featuring the second largest concentration region. The perception of the barriers to enter this market is based on the specificity of physical assets and the minimum scale economy, culminating in a net of secondary barriers, those with oligopsony structure hampers the distribution channel accessibility. However, the introduction of innovation in technology, the acquisition of non-leader companies by the leader ones, and the displacement to crop producing areas and to the consumers are important measures for companies to survive in an economic atmosphere with strong limitation barriers. All those conducts help to explain the stability of the structural evolution and its slow growth and modernization, usually regarded as cultural resistance.