Im Zuge der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion ist zu fragen, welchen Handlungsspielraum Kommunen bei der Gestaltung ihrer lokalen Landwirtschaft haben und wie sie diesen nutzen. Ein Anknüpfungspunkt ist dabei unter anderen ihr landwirtschaftliches Grundeigentum, über das fast jede Kommune verfügt....

Dynamic hedging effectiveness for soybean farmers in Rondonópolis (MT) with futures contracts of BM&F is calculated through optimal hedge determination, using the bivariate GARCH BEKK model, which considers the conditional correlations of the prices series, comparing the results with 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 diversification of agricultural and livestock...

The aim of this work was to assess the milking process in an agricultural cooperative in Lavras, Minas Gerais state. The study was done between August and November/2004, employing a qualitative research methodology that involved the researchers and the cooperative’s employees. Process...

The objective of this work is to analyze the Arte Rio Cooperative’s decision making process to assess how far it comprehends its members’ cooperative production system, i.e. if there is a logic governing the process that is different from utilitarian economics. It was inferred that...

This aim of the study was to comprehend the relation between the cooperatives’ negotiation strategies and the principle of intercooperation. Sixteen wine producing cooperatives in the State of Rio Grande do Sul were assessed, all members of the Wine Producer Cooperatives’...

This study analyses the National Programme for Production and Use of Biodiesel launched by the Brazil Federal Government in 2005 as a public policy to generate sustainable employment and income within the context of development of new alternative sources of energy. It also verifies the impact of...

This work intends to assess the evaluation of analytical categories related to the identification of transaction costs. Assuming an analytical model for the identification of the transaction costs proposed by Arbage (2004) in which categories are discussed in terms of which analyses to be made...

The objective of this work was to study the consumer habits of street market customers in the municipality of Alfenas, Minas Gerais state. More specifically, the aim was to characterize the customers according to their social and economic status and purchasing habits and to identify the...