The Brazilian organic market has been growing year by year, and it is important for the country because its production system preserves the environment, besides creating employments and income for rural workers. For this, it is necessary that these producers define ways of competing in the...

Hoje estamos vivendo o desafio da sustentabilidade. Não há consenso entre os executivos sobre o papel das empresas nesse processo, apesar de algumas delas já inserirem a sustentabilidade no seu discurso. Assim, buscou-se, com base em estudos realizados sobre inovação tecnológica nas...

Adotou-se como objetivo, neste trabalho, identificar as contribuições da inovação tecnológica para a competitividade e os seus impactos nas relações de trabalho em usinas de açúcar e álcool, localizadas na região noroeste do Paraná. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa do tipo...

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...

The national market for FLV (fruits, legumes and vegetables) has grown significantly in recent years. However, due to the high perishability of these products, their quality is subject to appropriate processes of standardization, selection, classification, packaging and transportation to avoid...

This paper compares governance structures in the Brazilian citrus production that appeared with the process of international certification of organic products. Both governance structures, between organic orange production and the processing plant, are analyzed through a study case methodology....

This article analyzes the economic growth of agricultural activities and the profile of the agricultural area of the states in the southeastern region of Brazil, between 1995 and 2005. Pointers referring to the farming sector of the region’s states were used. The study shows that the process...