Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/130313
Author(s): Aguiar, Ana
Silva, Luísa
Parente, Cristina
Costa, Cristina Amaro da
Title: Organizational innovation in the context of family farms: lean diagnosis
Issue Date: 2020
Abstract: Family farming has been on the agenda worldwide. Portugal is no exception. Act No. 64/2018, published in 2018, establishes the Family Farming Statute. Its preponderance in food and in the sustainability of families and territories has been reinforced by the sustainable development paradigm. However, competitiveness constraints assigned to the production system is often seen as an obstacle. Combining the theoretical frameworks of integrated agriculture and work organizations, we offer a lean sociological perspective on family farms producing lettuce. We concluded that their production system is characterized by a set of innovative practices very close to a lean approach. However, there is room for improvements in a production system that seems to maintain a family-based workforce and traditional know-how.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/130313
Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
Rights: openAccess
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