@article{Watanabe:144856,
      recid = {144856},
      author = {Watanabe, Kassia and Zylbersztajn, Decio},
      title = {Building Supply Systems from Scratch: The Case of the  Castor Bean for Biodiesel Chain in Minas Gerais, Brazil},
      journal = {International Journal on Food System Dynamics},
      address = {2013-01},
      number = {1012-2016-81191},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {The present study contributes to identifying obstacles to  the development of a local biodiesel agro-industrial system  (AGS) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The research  questions are: “How do local social characteristics  influence the organizational effectiveness of agents  involved in the joint production effort?”; and “How can the  institutional arrangement of biodiesel production be  described?” The method adopted is the case study, focused  on family farmers served by the Family Farmers Rural  Extension and Technical Assistance Company (EMATER). This  state organization introduced castor beans (Ricinus  communis L.) to family farmers as an alternative crop to  supply a processing plant (Darcy Ribeiro Biodiesel  Plant—DRBP) in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. These  family farmers are not horizontally organized, and sign  individual contracts with DRBP. The paper concludes that  the primary obstacle to developing the biodiesel AGS with  castor beans in Minas Gerais is the lack of horizontal  organization among family farmers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/144856},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.144856},
}