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Analysis of financial and structural variables of agricultural cooperatives in Rio Grande do Sul

Authors

  • Dieisson Pivoto

  • Caroline Pauletto Spanhol

  • Giana de Vargas Mores

  • Elton Gean Araújo

  • Jessica Mota Faria

Keywords:
Agricultural cooperatives, Financial and structural indices, Typology of cooperatives
Abstract
The State of Rio Grande do Sul has 170 agricultural cooperatives with approximately 290 thousand members (OCERGS, 2011). This demonstrates the importance of cooperatives for agribusiness and the economy of the State. Thus, this study aims to analyze the financial and structural variables of these cooperatives. So, it was sought to identify associations between the variables and to suggest a classification of cooperatives in relation to the variables: billing, number of cooperative members and participation of grains business in total billing. The results showed a high heterogeneity between the analyzed cooperatives. It was observed that 49% of the revenues of the analyzed cooperatives come from activities related to grain. Cluster analysis allowed the identification of five cooperative groups. Classificação JEL: C10, G0, Q13. Artigo recebido em jul. 2012 e aceito para publicação em out. 2013.
Author Biographies
  1. Dieisson Pivoto
    Doutoranda em Agronegócios na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
  2. Caroline Pauletto Spanhol
    Doutoranda em Agronegócios na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Professora Assistente da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS).
  3. Giana de Vargas Mores
    Doutoranda em Agronegócios na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
  4. Elton Gean Araújo
    Mestre em Estatística e Experimentação Agronômica pela Universidade de São Paulo, Professor Assistente da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS).
  5. Jessica Mota Faria
    Mestre em Agronegócios pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
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Published
2014-06-09
Issue
Vol. 35 No. 1 (2014)
Section
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