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Abstract
In the last few decades, the discussion about small holders agriculture has been
emphasized due to debates on sustainable development, job and income increase, food security
and local development. Due to the fact of small farmers group being heterogeneous, either from the
economic, social or cultural point of view, this research is focused on small-holder vegetable
producers located in the cities of São Carlos and Araraquara. The main objective is to understand
the distributive arrangement used by the small-holder vegetable producers and their main problems.
For the development of the research, a multi case study was used, based on primary and
secondary data. The primary data were obtained through a half-structuralized questionnaire applied
to the producers and some specialists in the area. The interviews were applied in loco by
researchers and the period data collection was between September and December 2002. Among
the results, a reduction in the number of intermediary agents of the vegetal distribution could be
identified. In some cases, the production of vegetables was distributed directly by the producers to
final and enterprise consumers.