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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2013)
Published 2013-07-01
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Integration of micro dairy producers in the central corridor of department of Boyacá (Colombia)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.986
Jorge Armando Fonseca Carreño Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
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In Boyacá, the agro-industrial sector is composed of a high percentage of micro companies located mainly in the central region where the majority of economic activities occur. These agro-industrial activities are centered on dairy processing and the processing of fruits destined for local, regional and in some cases national markets. The micro companies that were used as the study object are situated in the Industrial Corridor, and are characterized by 50 to 200 million active workers and volumes of variable production, with limited and heterogeneous levels of commercial capacity, technological development, organizational culture, financial and market management. The sector suffers from outdated technology and the slow adoption of development strategy resulting in disinvestment, job losses and limited economic diversity. This paper analyzes the agro-industrial system of the department of Boyacá through the methodology of the UNIDO, which includes a description, analysis and interpretation of its current nature and composition, and likewise, through benchmarking and with diagnostic tools designed and validated, characterize the systems within agro-industrial mi­cro companies. An assessment of the competiti­ve state of the micro companies in their different components (administrative, technical/ productive, financial, etc.) was procured. The results obtained allowed for the determination of unemployment levels and the ability to contrast them with the best business practices in each of the systems analyzed and with other micro companies through an individual, and later a sectorial diagnostic. The paper proposes strategies that micro companies of low performance levels can use to leverage their administrative and productive structures. With the results obtained, an integration model for agro-industrial companies that allows them to increase their level of competitiveness was designed.

keywords: agro-industry, benchmarking, competitiveness
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Fonseca Carreño, J. A. (2013). Integration of micro dairy producers in the central corridor of department of Boyacá (Colombia). Revista De Investigación Agraria Y Ambiental, 4(2), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.22490/21456453.986
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