Family Farmers in Short and Long Marketing Channels: Lessons for Rural Development in Goiás, Brazil

Thiago de Carvalho Verano (), Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto and Gabriel da Silva Medina
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Thiago de Carvalho Verano: Agronomy School, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil
Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto: Department of Research, Reference Center for Research and Innovation at the Federal Institute of Goiás, Goiânia 74594-111, Brazil
Gabriel da Silva Medina: Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, University of Brasilia, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil

Logistics, 2023, vol. 7, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: Background : Family farmers’ access to markets is key for rural development. This study seeks to assess to what extent short and long marketing channels promote or inhibit the commercial inclusion of family farmers. Methods : The research was conducted in the Brazilian state of Goiás through questionnaires and interviews with rural outreach agents and family farmers’ leaders. Results : The results reveal that 31.28% of sampled farmers are not included in any marketing channel. High inclusion rates in long channels (such as commodity markets) are related to high inclusion rates in short channels (such as farmers’ markets), with some regions having greater availability of marketing channels than other regions. Conclusions : The high participation of family farmers in long channels linked to the cattle supply chain and agricultural commodities is related to the low participation of this category in other channels. Such results provide lessons for public policies by demonstrating the need to encourage a greater diversity of both short and long channels to greater marketing opportunities for family farmers.

Keywords: productive inclusion; coexistence of markets; distribution; short food supply chains; agri-food systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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