The boom in the investment in greenhouses in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region, 1990-95: the profile of the "new" farmer businessman

• Autor(a) principal: Gerry, Chris
• Data de Publicação: 1999
• Outros Autores: Caldas, José Vaz, Koehnen, Timothy
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/gestaoedesenvolvimento.1999.669

This work presents the preliminary results of a research project about the boom in the investment in agriculture of greenhouses in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region during the period of 1990-95. In the first phase of this project, to which results this article refers, we made a detailed analysis of 100 plans of improvement. These plans were submitted to the regional delegation of Instituto Financeiro de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento da Agricultura e Pescas (IFADAP), based at Vila Real, under the ambit of the European regulations n. 797/85 and 2328/91, in view of project financing, exclusively or partially orientated to agriculture in greenhouses. Toe main goal of this work is to define the profile of the farmer who invests in agriculture in greenhouses. Toe conclusions taken in this initial phase suggest that the success or failure of these investments can not be explained only by internal reasons related to the exploitation. In the analysis of the development of the rural entrepreneurial tissue, the decisive role played by the chain in which the enterprise is integrated should be focus of attention. The positive and negative influence of economical and institutional key agents in the investment process, such as IFADAP, the greenhouse builders, the suppliers of agricultural inputs, retailers/wholesalers who commercialise the production and the project makers, should be also carefully analysed allowing the future initiatives of support to this kind of investment to have a great success.