Process of Strategic Adjustment of Rural Enterprises in the Region of Garca, SP-Brazil

Fernando Jacob Neubern, Fernando Curi Peres and Pedro Marcio J. Cestari

No 346516, 12th Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 18-24, 1999 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: Since the beginning of the eighties prices received by farmers have decreased sharply in Brazil The country economy was relatively closed to the rest of the world with just a small percentage of its GDP going to foreign countries. Beginning in the early nineties, the economy started a process of opening its frontiers to foreign trade. This study addresses the problem situation of how farmers adjusted their business to the new competitive environment they faced. A questionnaire was applied to a sample of farmers of the Vera Cruz and Garca regions of Sao Paulo State who have been farming since 1980. The region, initially specialized in coffee production, changed into a more diversified area. Other findings show that several modern management techniques were used, both to maintain profits and to reduce risks associated with farming, as a result of increased competition.

Keywords: Farm; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346516

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