The Relationship Between Food Marketing and Agroecological Principles in the Agrarian Reform Cooperatives Network from Paraná/Brazil
The article analyzes the (in) compatibility between food market dynamics and agro ecological principles, studying a network of cooperatives created by agrarian reform farmers. The categories “food diversity” and “proximity between production and consumption” were analyzed as key contributors to the...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) |
| Repository: | Revista Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41984 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ufpr.br/made/article/view/41984 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | family farming agroecology short food supply chain alternative food networks local markets agricultura familiar agroecologia circuitos curtos de comercialização redes agroalimentares alternativas mercados de proximidade |
| Summary: | The article analyzes the (in) compatibility between food market dynamics and agro ecological principles, studying a network of cooperatives created by agrarian reform farmers. The categories “food diversity” and “proximity between production and consumption” were analyzed as key contributors to the agro ecological approach. The research verifies that the involvement in food markets leads to the development of specialization and sale to distant markets in some cooperatives, while others value production diversity and integration with local markets, despite their heavy dependence of institutional markets. The study concludes that there are alternative paths of specialization and increase of commercial scales, respecting agro ecological principles. |
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