O SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE PRODUÇÃO DE FRANGO DE CORTE EM MINAS GERAIS: UMA ANÁLISE SOB A ÓTICA DA ECT

Through this present piece of work we aim at analysing the integrated system of chickenproduction in Minas Gerais, in accordance to the Economy in Transaction Costs, seeking especifically todescribing the transaction features, administration forms as well as contractual relations. Transactions in thepoultry breeding business include a high degree of specificity of actives which undepend on the breeders’category, whether small or big, besides plenty of uncertainty, quite often , mainly when working in theintegrated system via contracts. Such contracts, although they may vary in shape, take certain technicalindexes into considerarion, when it comes to rewarding the integrated breeders. The chief advantages intaking part in the integration system are low investiment of one’s own financial resources and low risk. Themain disadvantages are the centralization of the power of decision-making , which goes to the industry, aswell as the breeders’ low rewarding.