Impacto econômico e social da crise financeira internacional na cadeia produtiva da uva de mesa: o caso do submédio São Francisco

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the economic and social impact of the recent financial crisis in the supply chain in the table grape in the region of São Francisco. To this end, we used estimates of change in agricultural employment and income, as well as calculations of variation in trade margins. The results showed that there was a significant drop in average agricultural income per hectare of small grape producers. As for the medium and large producers was a negative but not significant, this variable. With respect to agricultural employment per hectare was found that it remained constant in the properties of small grape producers and that there is a negative but not significant, the properties of medium and large producers. However it was found that the effects of the crisis began in the region analyzed, from the marketing of production which minimized the effect of the crisis on employment in the period. In relation to mark-up showed that there was a positive change between the years 2007 and 2008, from 1.17% at the margin of the producer of grapes which caused a negative change in the same proportion in the total marketing margin of fruit. However, detailed analysis of the overall marketing shows that there was an increase of 15.68% at the edge of the retail marketing and a reduction of 13.04% on marketing margin wholesale, which shows that the crisis brought a negative impact on the wholesale sector. Thus, it follows then that the recent financial crisis has brought negative effects on the productive chain of grapes in the cities of Petrolina and Juazeiro-Ba, reflected mainly the reduction of agricultural income of small farmers and reducing mark-up of the wholesale sector.