Contribuições do cooperativismo agroindustrial para a cadeia produtiva do tabaco no Vale do Rio Pardo (VRP) : estudo à luz da Cooperativa Agroindustrial de Tabaco de Jujuy - Argentina.

Abstract

The development of Vale do Rio Pardo (VRP) associated with economic flows generated by the supply chain of tobacco region is always present and current theme, as the region has achieved good levels of economic and social development as a result of tobacco. However, this choice led to dependence and brought socioeconomic issues difficult to solve in the perspective of regional sustainability. The VRP has not found effective, practical and sustainable solutions to develop without tobacco. Among these attempts, the cooperative model production remains on the agenda. The stages of tobacco processing and cigarette manufacturing are certainly those who hold the largest share of the margins earned by the production chain as a whole. This work was developed with information from the Cooperative Tobacco Jujuy, located in the province of Jujuy, Del Carmem, Argentina. The company operates in the tobacco market since 1947, with the activities of production, processing and marketing of the same. From 1982 she began to diversify its main activity, tobacco, with the planting, processing and exporting various types of beans. As a methodological approach, we used a qualitative approach and the analytical descriptive method in case study is to identify and detail what are the contributions of agribusiness cooperatives for the VRP, as regards the management and production diversification. In this case, we used to collect data semistructured script for small, medium and large producers and secondary data from annual reports (balance sheet), manuals, research institutes, technical magazines and websites. It was concluded that the agro-industrial cooperative is an important tool to promote sustainable development. During the work it became evident that a cooperative has many benefits for its members in all areas, with emphasis on economic and social areas. Thus, the contributions of the CTJ for VRP would be related to income generation and employment process, productive diversification, transparency in the management of the cooperative, the existence of the FET, and especially the process of cooperation among producers.