Between Productive Specialization and Agroecology:: The Social Reproduction Strategies of Family Farmers from the Far West Region of Santa Catarina, Brazil

This article analyzes the social reproduction strategies of family farmers with the purpose of assessingtheir ways of insertion in the market and the possible environmental implications of thisinsertion. A total of 37 interviews with conventional and organic production family farmers fromthe Far Wes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Capellesso, Adinor José, Cazella, Ademir Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Sustentabilidade em Debate (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15715
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/15715
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Especialização
Diversificação
Pluriatividade
Agroecologia
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Sumario:This article analyzes the social reproduction strategies of family farmers with the purpose of assessingtheir ways of insertion in the market and the possible environmental implications of thisinsertion. A total of 37 interviews with conventional and organic production family farmers fromthe Far West Region of Santa Catarina were conducted. While integrated swine and avicultureproduction generates specialization, agroecology seeks productive diversification. Between thesepoles, dairy farming has a high level of social expression, but is recently reshaping its relationwith the markets. The demand for scale is necessary to remain the market chain and get betterprices. In consequence, local family farmers are expanding a high-input production model, whichsubdues environmental preservation and reduces the margin of maneuver as a consequence ofmarket fluctuations and possible sanitary problems. In this context, State and representativeorganizations of family farmers may: a) take an active role advocating for the construction ofmarkets; or b) accept with fatalism the ongoing excluding concentration process.