PROBLEMAS EN AGRONEGOCIOS

The major issues in agribusiness have to deal with the industrialization of primary agriculturalproduction and the high degree of market concentration in all of the industry's other sectors.Even primary agricultural production is shifting rapidly form “farming to system”. Theimportance of information, globalization, environmental concerns, the life science revolutionand changes in the role of government are all additional issues resulting from industrialization.In addition, recently there have been huge fluctuations in commodity prices and a shift in thestocks to use ratios of major agricultural commodities. Primary agricultural production hasbecome significantly more capital intensive resulting in more rural unemployment. Finally, allsectors of agribusiness and the industrialized and globalized economy seem to have forgottenabout the effects of financial risk and have recently used credit to their detriment.