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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Implementation of a Traceability and Certification System for Non-genetically Modified Soybeans: The Experience of Imcopa Co. in Brazil
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| Autores: |
Pelaez, Victor Manoel
Aquino, Dayani
Hofmann, Ruth
Melo, Marcelo
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| Data: |
2010-08-24
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| Ano: |
2010
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| Palavras-chave: |
Non-GM soy
Cost
Benefit
Traceability
Certification
Agricultural Finance
Financial Economics
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| Resumo: |
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This paper analyses a productive opportunity taken by a family-owned Brazilian soybean crusher (Imcopa) as it adapted its production system to sell certified non-GM soybeans products. Imcopa was Brazil’s first soybean crusher to implement a non-GM soybean traceability and certification system, in 1998. It is now held to be the world’s largest non-GM lecithin exporter. The analysis adopted here is based on a microeconomic perspective of productive opportunities identified by the firm, which goes beyond a simple balance-sheet approach. Four fundamental elements were used to guide the analysis: benefit-cost ratio; information asymmetry; bounded rationality; and company’s growth. The possibility of selling non-GM soy and soybean products on the international market has provided Imcopa with access to an even broader commercial network of feed and food products. This has given the company a better outlook on why it should diversify its activities and intensify its pace of growth.
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| Tipo: |
Journal Article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/93341
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| Relação: |
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review>Volume 13, Issue 1, 2010
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1
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| Formato: |
18
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