Perspectivas da inserção dos produtores rurais da região central do estado do Rio Grande do Sul no mercado regional de alimentos perecíveis: um estudo a partir das estratégias de suprimento das principais organizações de varejo da região

Abstract

The present work had as main objective the identification of the composition and supply chain management of horticulture products, meat and derivatives, milk and derivatives in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul. Specifically, it characterized the supply chain of the products in the retail networks of the region, it identified the strategies of the retail networks, as well as the mechanisms of coordination existing and used by the networks, and, once there are these data, it objectified, also, evaluating the perspectives on inserting the agricultural producers of the region in this productive circuit. For the execution of the multiple cases study, the representatives of the retail networks of the region were interviewed to find out: the more important competitive criteria for inserting them in the circuit; what agents do the negotiations; what are the mechanisms that co-ordinate the transactions between the retail and its suppliers. Was conducted, also, a survey with the producers to know how many agricultural units of production in the region work with the products of interest researched, as well as the analysis of the agrarian structure, product quality, scale of production, commercialization and competitive criterion they believe are the more important for its insertion in formal circuits of commercialization. It could be concluded from the different analyzed panoramas that the retail networks do not possess legalized mechanisms of coordination together with its suppliers for distinct situations. Taking into consideration the networks themselves, it is remarkable the phenomenon of mimicry isomorphism from small networks to the big ones. Finally, in the scope of agricultural producers, it is remarkable that they face different kinds of problems for accessing the retail networks. It is clearly that the producers lack of professionalism is the main impediment for reverting the panorama. Adaptations that conduct them to production scale, logistic of supplying and after-sale works are crucial to obtain an allocation in formal circuits of commercialization.