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Supporting the Bidding Decisions of Smallholder Farmers in Public Calls in Brazil

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  • Paulo Nocera Alves Junior

    (Escuela de Ingeniería de Coquimbo (EIC), Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Coquimbo 1781421, Chile
    São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos 13562-190, Brazil)

  • Isotilia Costa Melo

    (São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos 13562-190, Brazil
    Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI), Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile)

  • Lie Yamanaka

    (Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Aparecida de Goiânia 74968-755, Brazil)

  • Maico Roris Severino

    (Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Aparecida de Goiânia 74968-755, Brazil)

  • Athanasios Rentizelas

    (Sector of Industrial Management and Operational Research, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Zografou, Greece
    Department of Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK)

Abstract

In Brazil, the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) seeks to contribute to the socio-economic development of smallholder farmers, prioritizing them in supplying their products for preparing daily meals in public schools. However, farmers face challenges in determining which school calls to bid for and the potential benefits from their participation, due to the multiple quantitative and qualitative decision criteria involved. This paper presents a novel Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based method for bidding priority setting, to support the decision making. The model was applied for a case study in Brazil. The academic contribution lies in the innovation of using a Double-Frontier Slack-Based Measure (SBM) DEA model for Hierarchical Network systems, i.e., applied to multiple levels and followed by a tie-breaking method. The practical contribution lies in the decision support of farmers by presenting the results at three levels, the first of which is a ranking by the town or urban cluster priority, the second by the school, and the third by the products. Thus, using the rankings of calls, farmers can make informed decisions regarding the feasibility of bidding for each PNAE public call. At the same time, the objective rankings can alleviate friction and conflict within co-operatives during the decision-making process.

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  • Paulo Nocera Alves Junior & Isotilia Costa Melo & Lie Yamanaka & Maico Roris Severino & Athanasios Rentizelas, 2021. "Supporting the Bidding Decisions of Smallholder Farmers in Public Calls in Brazil," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-24, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2021:i:1:p:48-:d:715506
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    Cited by:

    1. Bruno Francisco Diniz Marinho & Isotilia Costa Melo, 2022. "Fostering Innovative SMEs in a Developing Country: The ALI Program Experience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-16, October.
    2. Giuseppe Timpanaro, 2023. "Agricultural Food Marketing, Economics and Policies," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-9, March.
    3. Isotilia Costa Melo & Paulo Nocera Alves Junior & Geandra Alves Queiroz & Wilfredo Yushimito & Jordi Pereira, 2023. "Do We Consider Sustainability When We Measure Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SMEs’) Performance Passing through Digital Transformation?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-30, March.

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