Fatores condicionantes da gestão de riscos de cafeicultores do sul de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The aim of this study is to verify the practices adopted by coffee farmers to manage risk and identify which are the conditioning factors of risk management of farmers in southern Minas Gerais. A metodologia utilizada baseia-se na estimação do modelo logitbinomial. Conclui-se que apesar do grande potencial de auxílio ao processo de gestão das propriedades cafeeiras a gestão de riscos não faz parte da realidade da maioria dos cafeicultores estudados. Is still small number of producers who perform financial management and even smaller percentage that plans to market the production and uses mechanisms linked to the futures market. The main determining factors of risk management of coffee farmers in southern Minas Gerais are schooling, the number of hired employees, and the adoption of information technology. Increases in income and productivity, diversification of activities on the properties and participation in courses and training are also positively related to risk management.