Técnicas de investigación cualitativa de mercados aplicadas al consumidor de fruta en fresco

This article presents some qualitative techniques used in marketing research that can be applied to thestudy of agricultural goods. The purpose of this article is to show the usefulness of qualitative marke-ting studies for the agricultural sector with emphasis on consumers’ perceptions of fresh fruit. It uses afocus group to illustrate the concepts with a case of fresh guava. It concludes that the results of thesestudies are useful for thinking about marketing strategies and plausible changes in the agricultural pro-ductive processes. Within the limitations, it is noted that the results yield by these techniques cannot beextrapolated and require follow-up studies.