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- Estratégias Técnicas e Institucionais para o Desenvolvimento da Citricultura Algarvia - O caso da IGP "Citrinos do Algarve"Publication . Madeira, Emília; Guerreiro, J.; Carvalho, AgostinhoNeste trabalho pretendemos abordar alguns dos factores que têm vindo a afectar a competitividade da citricultura algarvia, após a entrada em vigor do Mercado Único Europeu e perante uma economia cada vez mais globalizada. Como é sabido numa economia global qualquer estratégia competitiva deve ter subjacente a(s) qualidade(s), entendida(s) como a capacidade de dar resposta ao mercado, considerado como o conjunto dos principais tipos de agentes nos diferentes níveis do sistema citrícola algarvio. Assim, o objectivo principal deste trabalho foi identificar eventuais disfunções (técnicas e institucionais) relativas ao sistema citrícola, que têm contribuído, directa ou indirectamente, para a não satisfação das expectativas dos principais clientes/consumidores. A investigação teve em conta o contexto geral da citricultura algarvia, com vista a identificar os condicionalismos com que aquela se depara, e incidiu no contexto sectorial, de modo a compreender o funcionamento dos principais clientes, fornecedores e concorrentes. Os resultados desta investigação permitiram-nos fazer uma caracterização dos atributos de qualidade considerados determinantes na aquisição dos citrinos, designadamente dos citrinos do Algarve, por parte dos consumidores nacionais, conforme estes se apresentem no mercado, de forma indiferenciada ou não, bem como por parte dos principais canais de distribuição. Na investigação identificaram-se limitações de ordem técnica e institucional que têm inviabilizado ou condicionado, de forma marcante, a capacidade da citricultura (subsistema de produção) dar resposta ao mercado. As conclusões apuradas para o desenvolvimento da citricultura algarvia basearam-se na teoria da “inovação técnica e institucional induzida” de Hayami e Ruttan (1998). Pensamos, desta forma, dar um contributo para a definição de estratégias para o desenvolvimento da citricultura algarvia tendo em conta o mercado e os recursos disponíveis.
- Horticulture in Algarve: a case study for sustainable developmentPublication . Madeira, Emília; Guerreiro, J.; Carvalho, Agostinho; Panagopoulos, Thomas; Noronha, Teresa deThis study takes into account the general context where the Algarve’s citrus culture is inserted. The aim is to identify the constraints faced by the sector in order to understand the main clients, suppliers and competitors’ behaviours. The results have allowed us to characterize the quality attributes considered as determinants when the citrus fruits are acquired, namely the Algarve’s citrus, by the national consumers as well as by the main distribution channels, in case they are presented in the market as differentiated or undifferentiated. The facts identified in the empirical research indicate that limitations of technical and institutional order can make unfeasible or strongly condition the capacity of the Algarve citrus culture (production subsystem) to meet the market requirements. The conclusions reached for the development of the Algarve citrus culture, were based on Hayami and Ruttan´s “induced technical and institutional innovation” theory (1998). We think we have given a contribution towards the definition of strategies for the Algarve’s citrus culture development, bearing in mind both the market and the available resources.
- Public policies for the promotion of horticulture: the case of Algarve´s citrus.Publication . Madeira, Emília; Guerreiro, J.; Carvalho, AgostinhoThis research approaches some factors that have been affecting the competitiveness faced by the Algarve’s citrus culture since the European Single Market came into force and before a more and more global economy. As it is already known, in a global economy any competitive strategy must have underlying quality(ies). These are understood as the capacity to satisfy the market considered as a whole of the main types of agents at the different levels of Algarve’s citrus system. So, the main object of this work is to identify eventual (technical and institutional) mal-functions concerning the Algarve citrus system, that can fail either directly or indirectly to meet the principal clients/consumers’ expectations. The study took into account the general context where the Algarve’s citrus culture is inserted. The aim is to identify the constraints faced by the sector in order to understand the main clients, suppliers and competitors’ behaviours. The results have allowed us to characterize the quality attributes considered as determinants when the citrus fruits are acquired, namely the Algarve’s citrus, by the national consumers as well as by the main distribution channels, in case they are presented in the market as differentiated or undifferentiated. The facts identified in the empirical research indicate that limitations of technical and institutional order can make unfeasible or strongly condition the capacity of the Algarve citrus culture (production subsystem) to meet the market requirements. The conclusions reached for the development of the Algarve citrus culture, were based on Hayami and Ruttan´s “induced technical and institutional innovation” theory (1998). We think we have given a contribution towards the definition of strategies for the Algarve’s citrus culture development, bearing in mind both the market and the available resources.