THE MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFITS UNDER TOTAL QUALITY STANDARDS: AN APPROACH TO THE APPLICATION IN SMES OF THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUPERFOODS

Abstract

Through this document, it was possible to analyze the main characteristics of the volume of scientific production referring to the study of the variables Total Quality and Agri-food Sector in order to understand the maximization of benefits to SMEs in this sector that implement strategies based on total quality standards. A bibliometric analysis was proposed to analyze the details such as Year of Publication, Country of Origin of the publication, Area of Knowledge in which the published research is carried out and the Type of Publication most frequently used by the authors of each document published in high impact journals indexed in Scopus database. Among the main findings, it was possible to determine that for the execution of the different research methodologies, the report of 32 scientific documents related to the study of Total Quality and the Agri-food Sector was achieved. The year in which the highest number of publications of this type was registered was in 2022 with a total of 7 documents. The country of origin of the institutions that reported the highest number of records in Scopus, was Italy with 9 documents. The area of knowledge with the greatest influence at the time of executing the research projects that resulted in scientific publications was Agriculture, and Biological Sciences which contributed great theoretical material in a total of 21 documents and the type of publication used most frequently to publicize findings from the analysis of the aforementioned variables, was the Journal Article, which represented 78% of the total scientific production.