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Cambios de estrategia en las entidades asociativas de comercialización hortofrutícola

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  • GÓMEZ, EMILIO GALDEANO
  • RODRÍGUEZ, MANUEL C. RODRÍGUEZ

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La actual configuración de la distribución alimentaria en el contexto europeo lleva asociado un mayor protagonismo de las organizaciones de productores en la comercialización en un sector como las frutas y hortalizas frescas. La conexión más directa con las centrales distribuidoras, supone un aumento considerable del valor añadido respecto a la comercialización tradicional y una clara repercusión sobre la rentabilidad de la empresa. Al mismo tiempo, las mayores exigencias de la demanda implican una constante renovación de la tecnología y de las estructuras. Ambos factores, junto al característico riesgo económico del sector indicado, están incidiendo en un cambio de estrategia y de la política empresarial de las asociaciones de productores para el comercio conjunto, las que en las últimas décadas han venido tomando la forma jurídica de Cooperativas o Sociedades Agrarias de Transformación, incluidas dentro de la llamada economía social. Este trabajo se centra en un análisis económico de estas entidades ubicadas en el sureste español, comparando su actividad (cubriendo las áreas de rentabilidad, riesgo y crecimiento, fundamentalmente) con los datos agregados de la Central de Balances del Banco de España sobre las comercializadoras hortofrutícolas en el contexto nacional. Los resultados obtenidos ponen de manifiesto la incidencia de los factores anteriores en la situación y en la forma de desarrollar la actividad de las distintas empresas medias obtenidas y, especialmente, se observa una actuación, en muchos aspectos, típicamente mercantil por parte de las agrupaciones comerciales de agricultores, teniendo en cuenta su carácter social.....The present configuration of the alimentary distribution in the context of Europe takes with it a bigger predominance of the producers’ organizations in commercialization, in a sector such as that of fruits and fresh vegetables. A most direct connection with the distributing centres supposes a considerable increase of the profits in relation of the traditional commercialization, and a clear repercusion on the profitability of the company. At the same time, greater requeriments in the demand imply continuous innovations of technology and structures. Both factors are influencing, together with the typical economical risk of the sector indicated above, a change in both the strategy and managerial policy of the producers’ associations for a combined trade. Throughout the last decades, these associations have acquired the legal form of Co-operatives or Agrarian Societies of Transformation, included within the scope of the so-called social economy. The present paper is centred on an economical analysis of these entities, located in the south-east of Spain, comparing its activity (mainly covering the areas of profitability, risk and growth) with the data about the companies of horticultural commercialization in the national context, from the Centre of Balances of the Bank of Spain. The results show the incidence of activity of the different middle companies which were obtained; and especially, it is observed, in many aspects, an exclusively mercantil activity in the part of the commercial groupings of farmers, taken into account its social character.

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  • Gómez, Emilio Galdeano & Rodríguez, Manuel C. Rodríguez, 2000. "Cambios de estrategia en las entidades asociativas de comercialización hortofrutícola," Revista Espanola de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Rural y Marino (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), issue 186, pages 1-30.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:spreea:164945
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.164945
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