Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, identificar os determinantes da adoção da tecnologia pós-colheita de despolpamento pelos produtores rurais na atividade cafeeira de Viçosa, MG. Os cafeicultores que despolpam o café foram considerados adotantes de tal tecnologia. Aplicou-se o modelo Logit para...

The production costs for dairy milk in the southern region of the state of Minas Gerais arepresented in this study. This research identifies economic indexes of costs that most influence decisions madeby milk producers. The research is based on the theory of costs and the study location was the...

The analysis and measurement of production and transaction costs is an important tool in guiding decisions and in comprehendingthe behavior of the agents in a particular institutional environment. Although production costs have been widely studied in theliterature, transaction costs have not...

Due to growing consumer demands regarding product quality and the social and environmental aspects of theproduction process, there is a need to redefine the agricultural productive structure so as to make it sustainable.The Integrated Production System in Coffee (CIP) aims to meet these new...

The changes in the worldwide competitive scenario have posed difficulties to the survival of companies, forcing them to establish necessary cooperative relations for maintenance and survival in the markets. However, the lack of coordination and cooperation is considered a classic problem in the...

The Brazilian agricultural sector is characterized by a great diversity of production systems subject to a wide number of risk factors.These risks cannot be completely eliminated, but they can be minimized by the adoption of some strategies, such as diversificationof agricultural and livestock...

O Alto-Médio São Francisco, inserido no bioma caatinga, está localizado na porção norte do estado de Minas, região semi-árida, marcada por uma distribuição muito irregular das chuvas no correr do ano. Esta região é alvo de projetos de irrigação, interessados principalmente nas...