Goat milk production in Guanajuato, Mexico: Coordination mechanisms established in the agri-food chain

Rodolfo Santos Lavalle; Juan José Flores Verduzco; Asael Islas Moreno; Genaro Olmos Oropeza; Elizabeth Roldán Suárez

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Goat milk production in Guanajuato, Mexico: Coordination mechanisms established in the agri-food chain

Santos-Lavalle, Rodolfo ^[2] ; Flores-Verduzco, Juan J. ^[3] ; Islas-Moreno, Asael ^[3] ; Olmos-Oropeza, Genaro ^[1] ; Roldán-Suárez, Elizabeth ^[4]
1. [1] Colegio de Postgraduados
  
  Colegio de Postgraduados
  
  México
2. [2] Universidad Para el Bienestar Benito Juárez García
3. [3] Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Sociales y Tecnológicas de la Agroindustria y la Agricultura Mundial (CIESTAAM)
4. [4] Universidad Politécnica de Texcoco
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Localización: Agro Productividad, ISSN-e 2594-0252, Vol. 15, Nº. 6, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Junio), págs. 51-58
Idioma: inglés
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- Objective: To characterize the goat producers according to the industrial destinations of the milk, in order to analyze the coordination mechanisms established in the agri-food chain.
  
  Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey was applied to 122 randomly selected goat producers. Taking into account two industrial destinations, a socioeconomic, productive, and commercial comparison was carried out, through T-tests for independent means. In order to analyze the coordination mechanisms, the data were complemented interviewing owners of collection centers and businessmen who processed milk.
  
  Results: The producers had small herds and a basic level of education. They used family workforce. The lack of organization in the sale limited their participation in the agri-food chain coordination.Milk processing companies coordinate their efforts, organizing the collection, reaching trade agreements, setting prices, and establishing quality rules, usually through informal agreements.
  
  Limitations/Implications: State intervention is necessary to regulate relations between the actors of the agri-food chain.
  
  Findings/Conclusions: The informality of coordination mechanisms favors agribusiness and turns them into forms of domination that ensure their profitability.