Avaliação da competitividade da cadeia produtiva de carne ovina no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The present study had as aims to identify the determinants of competitiveness of the production chain of sheep of the Rio Grande do Sul, with a focus on production and processing segments. To evaluate the performance of the determinants of competitiveness was adopted as drivers the institutional environment, technology, market structure, the governance structure and coordination, the firm's management and inputs and infrastructure. Each driver was divided into indicators, which in turn, were classified according to their degree of control. Drivers and indicators were given a weight according to their representative for the competitive performance of the chain. Considering these weights and a field research on the type rapid appraisal, it became possible to quantitatively evaluation the drivers and indicators of competitiveness. Qualitative analysis was obtained by the position of the value of the final evaluation on a Likert scale, offering to characterize the competitive performance evaluation options: very unfavorable (MD), unfavorable (D), neutral (N), favorable (F) and very favorable (MF). The analysis of the competitive performance of the production chain of meat sheep of Rio Grande do Sul was formalized with the method described above and a field research with key players in the segment production and processing. The present study revealed that most of the drivers of competitiveness listed are favorable to the thread processing. In the segment production was found a more balanced distribution between drivers unfavorable, neutral and positive. Allowing to conclude that this segment, the main determinants of competitive performance are technology and governance structures and coordination.