Custos de transação e canais de distribuição na cadeia produtiva da mandioca: o caso da região do vale do Araguaia-GO
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2015-04-23
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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The cassava cultivation has significant importance for the Brazilian family farming. This root is known and relevant source of obtaining carbohydrates, especially for low-income families. The objective of this research is to study the production chain of cassava in Araguaia Valley Region (Goiás state, Brazil) from the perspective of transaction costs and distribution channels, with focus on the production segment. The basic hypothesis is that the absence of organized distribution mechanisms and the high transaction costs involved have negatively affected the competitiveness and profitability of smallholder cassava and its by-products, which would prevent the full economic development of this activity in the Araguaia Valley Region. This paper consists of an exploratory case study. The primary data collection was carried out through the development and implementation, through interviews, semi-structured questionnaires with open and closed questions, aimed at gathering information from three groups of variables: agent profile, transaction costs and distribution channels. One survey was intended for cassava producers, the other for businesses that are also part of the production chain. There were 73 farmers, 13 entrepreneurs of cassava flour industry, 14 entrepreneurs in the retail segment and 1 benefactor/wholesaler, totaling 101 interviews conducted between September and November 2014. The results point to high costs for transactions made along the production chain, resulting mainly from the low frequency of the negotiations, uncertainties related to natural factors and the irregularity of supply of raw materials, the lack of market information and assets specificity. Moreover, the information gathered points to the retail sector as the most important distribution channel for the supply chain searched. The researched supply chain is not organized. There are no significant integration initiatives, both vertical and horizontal, or mechanisms of communication and coordination between agents. Coordination initiatives were not identified. Governance structures are found minimally sophisticated among the possible.
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OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, O. P. Custos de transação e canais de distribuição na cadeia produtiva da mandioca: o caso da região do vale do Araguaia-GO. 2015. 114 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Agronegocio) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2015.