Abstract

RIVAS-INFANTE, Carlos A.; GARZA-BUENO, Laura E.  and  MEJIA-HERNANDEZ, Juana M. G.. Experience of Producers in Wealth Retention and its Contribution to Reduce Intermediarism. agric. soc. desarro [online]. 2018, vol.15, n.3, pp.379-397. ISSN 1870-5472.

This study has the objective of identifying the factors that have an impact on producers being able to retain and appropriate wealth, contributing to reducing the margins of intermediation. Ethnographic methods were used in the research, performing interviews with 90 producers in the municipalities of Azoyú, Marquelia and Juchitán, in the state of Guerrero, members of Productores Maiceros de la Costa Chica, S.P.R. de R.L. Twenty-six (26) ethnographic file cards were generated with the records of written and audible information, interviews and questionnaires, and an ethnographic observation matrix was created. The results show that intermediarism and its negative effects decrease when there is professional association, which meant associating and having the necessary skills to intervene adequately in trading and stockpiling in order to retain and appropriate wealth. The experiences described show a group of primary producers who transcended towards an entrepreneurial organization with commercial purposes. It was observed that in the process there should be an adequate management of conflicts between members, obtaining skills about agricultural markets, taking over technical aspects of the productive process, and seeking administrative and financial efficiency. For favorable results to happen there was accompaniment, technical assistance and training.

Keywords : rural economies; agricultural markets; production; added value.