A cadeia agroindustrial do tomate no corredor do Triângulo Mineiro: aspectos econômicos e sua relação com a questão da sustentabilidade

• Ano de defesa: 2002
• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Claudia Regina Rosal
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Brasil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Economia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Corredor do Triângulo Mineiro; Uberlândia; Área produtora de tomate industrial; Nova Economia Institucional; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ECONOMIA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/27190; http://dx.doi.org/10.14393/ufu.di.2002.30

The Minas Triangle Corridor, which encompasses the cities of Uberlândia, Patos de Minas, Paracatu and Unaí, is a large industrial tomato producing area. The industrial tomato production system is regulated by the institution of the contract, which is one of the issues discussed within the New Institutional Economy (NEI) as one of the ways to maintain order within this system and the coordination of the production chain. These formal contracts in large industry impose a certain technology (technology packages) on agricultural producers to ensure the quality of primary production and its processed final product. This quality, together with the regularity of supply, appear as a factor of competitiveness. In the small industry, the contract is informal, there is no quality monitoring and the risk of no supply is higher. As a highly demanding production system in technology and natural resources, environmental restriction has been relevant and part of the explanation of industrial migration in the tomato chain.