FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MARKET IN MINEIROS, GOIÁS STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Mauro Brasil Dias Tofanelli Faculdades Integradas de Mineiros
  • Marilaine de Sá Fernandes Instituto de Dados Estatísticos e de Pesquisas Sócios-Econômicas
  • Núbia Sousa Carrijo Instituto de Dados Estatísticos e de Pesquisas Sócio-Econômicas
  • Oscar Barbosa Martins Filho Instituto de Dados Estatísticos e de Pesquisas Sócio-Econômicas

Keywords:

Vegetables, commercialization, market, fruticulture, olericulture

Abstract

The complex fruit and vegetable commercialization system requires constant marketing studies for elaboration and implementation of strategies and actions to improve it. The objective of this study was to evaluate fruits and vegetables commercialization in the Mineiros municipality, Goiás State, Brazil, in order to provide information for retail trade. The survey was carried out in retail trade equipments, such as supermarkets, grocery stores, and street markets, from December 2005 to January 2006, by means of questionnaire application. Among the evaluated fruits, orange reached the higher weekly commer-cialization volume (7,196 kg), followed by banana (2,812 kg), apple (2,526 kg), and pineapple (1,935 kg). For vegetables, tomato (7,854 kg), watermelon (6,600 kg), onion (4,882 kg), and potato (4,272 kg) were the most commercialized items. Supermarkets and grocery stores are responsible for most of the fruit and vegetable commercialized in the region. The local horticulture agribusiness does not supply the regional demand, the marketing for those products depending on long distance suppliers.

KEY-WORDS: Vegetables; commercialization; market; fruticulture; olericulture.

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Published

2008-09-29

How to Cite

TOFANELLI, Mauro Brasil Dias; FERNANDES, Marilaine de Sá; CARRIJO, Núbia Sousa; MARTINS FILHO, Oscar Barbosa. FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MARKET IN MINEIROS, GOIÁS STATE, BRAZIL. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 38, n. 3, p. 201–207, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/4844. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

v. 38, n. 3, Jul./Sep. 2008

Section

Research Article

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