Banca de DEFESA: PAULA JAQUELINE ANTES SANTANA

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STUDENT : PAULA JAQUELINE ANTES SANTANA
DATE: 16/01/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Auditório Petrini Girardelli - UFPA Campus Altamira
TITLE:

COCOA CERTIFICATION AS A VECTOR FOR EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN TRANSAMAZON PRODUCTION

KEY WORDS:

Supply chain, Governance, Technology, Sustainability, Amazon.

PAGES: 53
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Agronomia
SUMMARY:

The concept of inclusive and sustainable value chain and the theory of reverse asymmetric information were applied to analyze the certification and management of cocoa farms in the Trans-Amazonian hub, the formation of the premium price to be paid for product differentiation. The objective of the research was to identify and analyze the effects of certifications on the aggregation of value in all links of the cocoa chain, especially in production efficiency, training and inclusion of human capital and the use of good sustainable practices. The methodology used was the case study with 25 certified farms representative of the municipalities in the study area. Data collection was carried out with the face-to-face application of a semi-structured questionnaire on the subject. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was applied to identify the latent factors or variables associated with the effects of certification on the well-being of cocoa producers' families. The female management of the farms was 20%, consistent with the reality of family farming in Pará. The EFA identified four latent variables, which explained 77.059% of the total variance of the data. Factor 1 explained 22.054% of the variance of the data and was named Productive Efficiency. Factor 2, called Human Capital Formation, explained 21.63% of the remaining variance of the data. Factor 3, defined as Certification Power, explained 17.03% and Factor 4, called Certified Farm, explained 16.35% of the variance of the data. The conclusion was that the certification contributed to improving production efficiency and the formation and inclusion of human capital in the activity, but had little influence on avoiding deforestation, access to credit and the international market. Another fundamental conclusion for the success of the certification was that the premium price paid for the product, in the perception of 68% of the interviewees, does not compensate for all costs, specifically the cost of social opportunity and the standing forest.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 388504 - ANTONIO CORDEIRO DE SANTANA
Externo à Instituição - FERNANDO ANTÔNIO TEIXEIRA MENDES - CEPLAC
Externo à Instituição - NILSON LUIZ COSTA - UFSM
Externo à Instituição - SÉRGIO CASTRO GOMES - Unama