Análise dos contratos de integração entre produtores de arroz e a agroindústria Wanbao no perímetro irrigado do rio Limpopo em Moçambique

• Autor(a) principal: Ndava, Alex Orlando
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/9705
• topic: Cadeias produtivas; Coordenação; Competitividade; Redução de riscos; Economia de custos de transação; Productive chains; Coordination; Competitiveness; Reducing risks; Transaction-costs economics; CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA

The study analyzed the integration contracts established between rice producers and Wanbao agroindustry in the irrigated perimeter of the Limpopo river in Mozambique. The analysis model was based on the New Institutional Economy, focusing on the Economics of Transaction Costs. Exploratory-descriptive research was carried out with a qualitative approach and field research. Data collection was carried out based on three semi-structured interview scripts to an intentional sample of one hundred and thirty-four producers integrated by Wanbao, a mediation company RBL, E.P. and to the integrator Wanbao, the latter did not agree to grant an interview. The results point to the existence of formal contracts with neoclassical characteristics, recurrent transactions, aspects of flexibility and hybrid governance structure. The production chain of rice produced in the irrigated perimeter of the Limpopo River is predominantly dominated by the Wanbao agroindustry, which focuses on the main activities of the production process, leaving to rural producers activities such as transplantation and maintenance of the crop. The contractual relationship in the production of rice leads to the predominance of highly specific assets, which increase the degree of exposure to risk, which shows Wanbao's interest in internalizing the transactions. Access to land for production within the irrigated perimeter, machinery and equipment provided by Wanbao, technology and the guarantee of access to the market are the advantages reported by producers in the contractual relationship. Thus, it is clear that the contracts reflect the attributes of the transactions between the producers and the integrator, but they are not totally minimizers of the transaction costs for the producer link due to the imprisonment of these to a single supplier that is the integrating agroindustry, which does not always offer the best market conditions, claiming adequate quality for the final product that is rice. The flexibility aspects hidden in the contract contribute to the existence of information asymmetry mainly in the producer link, since it is part of the ex-ante contract. The institutional environment is related to the development of infrastructures, agricultural machinery and inputs, inclusion of producers, internal commercialization, local cultural valorization, supply of equipment, inputs for production, transfer of technology, provision of services and provision of rice for consumption.