Hybrid conceptual model for assessing quality, production and satisfaction (Squal4agri), in agricultural production units, in cape verde

Elsa Simões; Margarida Saraiva; Gottlieb Basch; António Ramos Pires; Álvaro Rosa; Elisa Chaleta

doi:10.3390/su13010037

Hybrid conceptual model for assessing quality, production and satisfaction (Squal4agri), in agricultural production units, in cape verde

Elsa Simões, Margarida Saraiva, Gottlieb Basch, António Ramos Pires, Álvaro Rosa, Elisa Chaleta

UNIDEMI - Unidade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial

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In Cape Verde, small family farming production suffers continuously from limited essential resources such as water and soil for a steady development. This situation is further aggravated by the lack of financial resources. We have developed a hybrid and multidimensional conceptual model for improvement of those small farming units by bringing together concepts of quality management, farmers’ satisfaction evaluation and production capabilities. The model we have built was the result of an inquiry based on Focus Group study with 15 farmers and it was carried out in 2019. We name the model as SQual4Agri and this is a step toward improvement in small family based agricultural organization, namely in productivity, responsibility sharing, communication and quality management.

Original language	English
Article number	37
Number of pages	13
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010037
Publication status	Published - 22 Dec 2020

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Agriculture
Cape Verde
Hybrid model
Quality management

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Hybrid conceptual model for assessing quality, production and satisfaction (Squal4agri), in agricultural production units, in cape verde

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