The study presents an analysis of the coordination between the cassava's producers and the cassava's processors industry located in the west of State of Parana (Brazil). In a few years this chain became dynamics because of many factors, such as the institutional that is the most important one....

Consumers’ attitude about health, food safety and the environment has increased the demand for organic food products such as meat, chicken and others. The purpose of this exploratory research was to identify the relevant factors for organic chicken purchase decision. A survey with 110...

This paper has sought to evaluate the economical efficiency in the use of productive resources in the coffee production in the south region of the state of Minas Gerais. Economical efficiency was estimated through a production frontier function using a sample of 43 coffee producers. The average...

The present work aimed at the analysis of the influences of the sucession in board of directors in the continuity of the strategies of an agricultural cooperative. It is a quantitative research work, particularly, a study case in which the data were collected and analyzed on a documents and...

This paper presents the steps of a developing research of a model to evaluate the integration level of logistics in supply chains that have the family farming producers as first suppliers. Among the objectives of the paper, there are the software description and its applications. Those chains...

A dinâmica de uma rede especifica de pesquisa sobre café no Brasil pode ser descrita mediante o emprego da análise sociométrica e de recortes da teoria de redes e do institucionalismo. Optou-se, neste trabalho, pela pesquisa do café, devido a uma característica que lhe peculiar: a...

Por meio deste estudo, buscou-se avaliar a eficiência econômica da alocação dos recursos produtivos da cafeicultura no Sul de Minas Gerais. Os municípios pesquisados estão entre os maiores produtores do sul do Estado, a exemplo de Alfenas, Guaxupé, São Sebastião do Paraíso, Varginha e...

O excesso de oferta no mercado de café Fairtrade impede a comercialização de toda a produção certificada pelo preço mínimo estabelecido pela Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO). Surge, então, a necessidade de compreensão dos fatores que determinam a plena inserção das cooperativas...