Pequenas agroindústrias familiares de conservas e compotas em Monte Alverne - Santa Cruz do Sul - RS : estudos de casos.

Abstract

The area of Vale do Rio Pardo is characterized predominantly by its agricultural economy. Even so, many farmers, that before produced nutritious goods for subsistence, were specialized in the production of tobacco and others introduced small agroindustrial production. Considering that the small farming and cattle raisings of family regime is constituted in an alternative of generation of income, in the measure in that diversifies and joins value to the production, the present case study looked for to proceed to an analysis of its economic viability. It was defined as study object the family farming and cattle raisings located in Monte Alverne's district, Santa Cruz do Sul. Between May and June of 1999 05 farming and cattle raisings were visited, for collection of information, equipments, raw material, employees' system, registration, technical attendance, cooperative system, hygienic aspects, destine of the garbage, production technology, commercialization and financial movement. Of this study it was concluded that the small and cattle raising is economically a viable alternative and that should be stimulated by the entities that work with rural producers. Equally important is the incentive to the cooperative system, nonexistent practice among the researched farming and cattle raisings, but that could increase its economic viability.