scholarly journals Collaborative construction of a virtual agroecological fair between family farming and federal higher education institutions in the state of Goiás-Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. e42510615513
Author(s):  
Ariandeny Silva de Souza Furtado ◽  
Júlia Figueredo Benzaquen ◽  
Oscar Mosquera ◽  
Wagner Lins Lira ◽  
Lara Cristine Gomes Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The State ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Collaborative Construction ◽  
The Face

Alternative food networks have emerged in recent decades as a bottom-up social phenomenon and consist of food provision initiatives that seek to operate outside globalized industrial supply chains that incorporate the values of social justice, environmental sustainability, community health and democracy. In this sense, the present study aimed to analyze the contributions that the virtual agroecological fair action plan between family farming and federal institutions in the state of Goiás-Brazil brought to family farmers. The methodology is characterized by an action research both by the character of the collaborative construction action plan of an agroecological fair, and by the structure of development in which the insertion of authors is guided by the permanent collection of elements of the practice and, also, for the development of small interventions that help to elucidate the problems detected, through problematization and theoretical deepening. The Virtual Agroecological Interinstitutional Fair is held in an interinstitutional and collaborative way with family farmers with the appreciation of family farming of ecological Goiás basis and culminates in a path that enhances more sustainable territorial development with income generation, weaves an alternative for food supply and the promotion of the alternative food network “from the countryside to the city” in the face of socio-environmental rationality, in addition to a fairer and more equitable society, with the enhancement of biodiversity and the offer of food produced in the face of ecological practices.

scholarly journals How alternative food networks work in a metropolitan area? An analysis of Solidarity Purchase Groups in Northern Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Baldi ◽  
Danilo Bertoni ◽  
Giuseppina Migliore ◽  
Massimo Peri
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Food Network ◽  
Alternative Food Network ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
Small Producers

Abstract Our paper focuses on Solidarity Purchase Group (SPG) participants located in a highly urbanized area, with the aim to investigate the main motivations underlining their participation in a SPG and provide a characterization of them. To this end, we carried out a survey of 795 participants involved in 125 SPGs in the metropolitan area of Milan (Italy). Taking advantage of a questionnaire with 39 questions, we run a factor analysis and a two-step cluster analysis to identify different profiles of SPG participants. Our results show that the system of values animating metropolitan SPG practitioners does not fully conform to that traditionally attributed to an alternative food network (AFN). In fact, considerations linked to food safety and healthiness prevail on altruistic motives such as environmental sustainability and solidarity toward small producers. Furthermore, metropolitan SPGs do not consider particularly desirable periurban and local food products. Observing the SPGs from this perspective, it emerges as such initiatives can flourish also in those places where the lack of connection with the surrounding territory is counterbalanced by the high motivation to buy products from trusted suppliers who are able to guarantee genuine and safe products, not necessarily located nearby.

scholarly journals ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS AND NEW PRODUCER-CONSUMER RELATIONS IN FRANCE AND IN BRAZIL

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOACIR ROBERTO DAROLT ◽  
CLAIRE LAMINE ◽  
ALFIO BRANDENBURG ◽  
MARIA DE CLÉOFAS FAGGION ALENCAR ◽  
LUCIMAR SANTIAGO ABREU
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Food Networks ◽  
Short Circuits ◽  
The Government

Abstract This paper presents an analysis about agroecological alternative food networks and new producer-consumer relationships in France and Brazil. The investigation method is based on descriptive and qualitative research about 20 cases (qualitative interviews), selected with stakeholders (farmers, traders, consumers and food experts) in France and Southern Brazil. A typology about the characteristics and organization to short circuits trade is provided. The results show that alternative food networks are very diverse and dynamic, being a social, economic and environmental option to family farming, strengthening local markets and reconnecting producers and consumers. In these countries, the successful initiatives of alternative networks occur in places where there is coordination between food networks stakholders such as the government, NGOs, private enterprises, farmers and consumers' organizations.

scholarly journals Identification of grain areas replaced by sugarcane and analysis of the relationship with family farming production in the state of Goiás

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1296-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A. Petrini ◽  
Jansle V. Rocha
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Food Acquisition ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Annual Crops ◽  
Sugarcane Crop ◽  
The Family ◽  
Data Tables ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
The Relationship

In Brazil, the State of Goiás is one of sugarcane expansion's frontiers to meet the growing demand for biofuels. The objective of this study was to identify the municipalities where there were replacement of annual crops (mainly grains) by sugarcane in the state of Goiás, as well as indicate correlations between the sugarcane expansion and the family farming production, in the period between 2005 and 2010. For this purpose, grains crop mask and sugarcane crop mask, obtained from satellite images, were intersected using geoprocessing techniques. It was also used IBGE data of sugarcane production and planted area, and data of family farming production linked with the National Food Acquisition Program (PAA), in relation to the number of cooperatives and family farmers. The crops masks and data tables of the National Food Acquisition Program were provided by National Food Supply Agency. There were 95 municipalities that had crops replacement, totaling 281,554 hectares of grains converted to sugarcane. We highlight the municipalities of Santa Isabel, Iaciara, Maurilândia, and Itapaci, where this change represented more than half of their agricultural areas. In relation to family farming, the sugarcane expansion in the state of Goiás has not affected their activities during the period studied.

scholarly journals Pluriatividade e agroindústrias rurais no Maranhão: uma análise baseada no censo agropecuário de 2006

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (32) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Olena V. Kovtun
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Family Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Census ◽  
Processed Products

No artigo, propõe-se a caracterização de algumas agroindústrias rurais no estado do Maranhão, baseada nos dados do Censo Agropecuário de 2006. Como ponto de partida para a pesquisa, serviu o fato de que as agroindústrias de produtos agropecuários se destacam como principais atividades entre as ocupações pluriativas dos agricultores familiares do estado. A escolha de agroindústrias para análise é fundamentada pela sua importância no sistema de produção agroalimentar e pela maior participação da agricultura familiar nos valores agregados dos produtos processados. Na literatura pesquisada, defende-se a visão de que, no contexto de pluriatividade a diversifcação das atividades, que ocorre por meio de criação de agroindústrias familiares, de pequeno porte e artesanais, pode ser apontada como uma alternativa econômicapara que a agricultura familiar possa permanecer e desenvolver-se em paralelo com as agroindústrias de grande escala e, assim, contribuir para a construção de um novo modelo de desenvolvimento dentro do qual o rural seja pensado como um todo, e não mais apenas ligado à produção agrícola.Palavras-chave: Pluriatividade. Agroindústrias. Agricultura familiar. Censo agropecuário 2006. PLURIACTIVITY AND RURAL AGROINDUSTRIES IN MARANHÃO: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON THE 2006 AGRICULTURAL CENSUSAbstractThe article proposes the characterization of some rural agroindustries in the state of Maranhão based on data from the 2006 Agricultural Census. As a starting point for the research served the fact that agroindustries of agricultural products stand out as the main activities among the pluriactive occupations of the family farmers of the State. The choice of agroindustries for analysis is based on their importance in the agro-food production system and the greater participation of family agriculture in the aggregated values of processed products. In the researched literature, it is defended the view that, in the context of pluriactivity, the diversification of activities that occurs through the creation of small family and artisanal agroindustries, can be pointed out as an economic alternative so that family agriculture can remain and developin parallel to the large-scale production and thus contribute to the construction of a new model of development in which the rural is thought as a whole and no longer only linked to agricultural production.Keywords: Pluriactivity. Agroindustries. Family farming. 2006 Agricultural census. 

scholarly journals Alternative food distribution networks, resilience, and urban food security in Turkey amid the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Nurcan Atalan-Helicke ◽  
Bürge Abiral
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Global Food

This article explores the potential of alternative food networks (AFNs) for food security and resili­ence as COVID-19 has raised challenges to the global food supply chain. Pandemic-induced dis­ruptions to conventional food production, distri­bution, and consumption networks have revealed problems with the global food system and have drawn attention to the re-localization and regional­ization of food systems. Lockdown and mobility restrictions have also disrupted the availability, quality, and stability of food. We evaluate how AFNs have responded to these challenges in a non-western context through a case-study ap­proach informed by participant observation and semistructured interviews. After examining the multiple factors that have been critical to the emergence and expansion of AFNs in Turkey since the mid-2000s, we argue that these food distribu­tion networks have aimed to address food security, environmental sustainability, and farmer liveli­hoods in complementary ways. We provide a time­line of state-led measures in response to COVID-19 in Turkey as we consider their impacts on food distribution systems and access in urban areas. We then compare two AFNs: a food community work­ing within a participatory guarantee system, and a consumer cooperative that connects producers and consumers in urban areas. Although the two AFNs faced initial challenges due to disruptions in deliv­ery services and lockdowns, they have been able to continue their services and address increasing de­mand. They also provided special solidarity pack­ages for those adversely affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19. By building on the existing networks and relationships of trust between con­sumers and producers, and the capacity and will­ingness of producers to adapt to the new regulatory environment, the two AFNs have been able to continue their activities and start new initiatives.

scholarly journals AVALIAÇÃO DA GESTÃO ORGANIZACIONAL EM COOPERATIVAS DE AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES DO ESTADO DO PARANÁ

Nativa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 457
Author(s):  
Marcos Roberto Gregolin ◽  
Graciela Caroline Gregolin ◽  
Vinicius Mattia ◽  
Fábio Corbari ◽  
Wilson João Zonin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Management ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Solidarity Economy ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Agrarian Development ◽  
Bibliographic Study

A presente pesquisa desenvolveu-se no âmbito do Projeto Ater “Mais Gestão”, proposto pelo Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário – MDA e teve como objetivo analisar o diagnóstico de 25 cooperativas da agricultura familiar localizadas no estado do Paraná. Optou-se pela análise minuciosa da área de Gestão Organizacional, pois constatou-se em estudos preliminares que esta subárea apresentou as maiores fragilidades. Tratou-se de um estudo documental, observacional e bibliográfico. Constatou-se que os principais limites se encontram nas subáreas “estrutura organizacional” e “organização do quadro social”, e as potencialidades nas subáreas “direção e participação” e “organização do quadro social”. Pondera-se também que os principais fatores que interferem na gestão organizacional das cooperativas da agricultura familiar incluem o apoio estatal, a escolha dos cooperados, a participação efetiva dos membros nas decisões e na gestão e o acesso às tecnologias, crédito e mercado.Palavras-chave: desenvolvimento, cooperativismo, economia solidária. EVALUATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN COOPERATIVES OF FAMILY FARMERS OF THE STATE OF PARANÁ ABSTRACT:The present research was developed in the scope of the Ater Project "More Management", proposed by the Ministry of Agrarian Development - MAD and had the objective of analyzing the diagnosis of 25 family farming cooperatives located in the state of Paraná. It was opted for the detailed analysis of the Organizational Management area, because in preliminary studies this subarea presented the greatest weaknesses. It was a documentary, observational and bibliographic study.  It was found that the main limits are in the sub-areas "organizational structure" and "organization of the membership", and the potentialities in the subareas "direction and participation" and "organization of membership". The main factors that interfere in the organizational management of family farming cooperatives include state support, cooperative choice, effective participation of members in decision-making and management, and access to technologies, credit, and the market.Keywords: development, cooperativism, solidarity economy.

scholarly journals ÍNDICE DE EFETIVIDADES DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR PARA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR NO SUDOESTE PAULISTA

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 819
Author(s):  
Daiane Roncato Cardozo ◽  
Luiz Fernando de Orianni e Paulillo ◽  
Luiz Manoel de Moraes Camargo Almeida ◽  
Herick Fernando Moralles
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Total Income ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Family Farmers ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Southwest Region

O trabalho tem objetivo de avançar na construção de um novo índice de efetividades de políticas públicas (EPP) de segurança alimentar (SA) para agricultores familiares da região sudoeste paulista. Foi utilizada a técnica de análise fatorial a partir de um conjunto de variáveis com aderência teórica e metodológica à SA dos agricultores familiares, pressupondo que a Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar (EBIA) possui limitações analíticas. Constata que uma elevação de 1% no EPP acarreta um aumento de aproximadamente 0,51% no índice de SA para a agricultura familiar; e 1% na renda total eleva em 0,26% o indicador de SA. Conclui que de forma similar, os indivíduos com acesso ao mercado institucional possuem um nível de SA 15% acima da média. A aplicação e a análise do índice UFSCar mostraram que também é possível comparar impactos para agricultores familiares de outras regiões no Brasil.Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento territorial. Escala Brasileira de Insegurança Alimentar. Políticas públicas. Renda agrícola. Análise fatorial ortogonal.INDEX OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC POLICIES OF FOOD SECURITY FOR FAMILY FARMING IN SOUTHWEST OF SÃO PAULOAbstractThe work aims to advance the construction of a new index of public policies effectiveness (PPE) food security(FS) for family farmers in the southwest region of São Paulo. The factor analysis technique was used from a set of variables with theoretical and methodological adherence to the FS of family farmers, assuming that the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale(BFIS) has analytical limitations. Notes that a 1% increase in the PPE leads to an increase of approximately 0.51% in the FS to family farming; and 1% in total income increases 0,26% the FS indicator. It concludes that similarly, individuals with access to theinstitutional market have an FS level 15% above the average. The application and analysis of the UFSCar index showed that it is also possible to compare impacts for family farmers from other regions in Brazil.Keywords: Territorial development. Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. Public policies. Agricultural income. Orthogonal factorial analysis.

Yu.F. Samarin’s Model of the National State: Between Archaic and Modern

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
Alexey B. Panchenko
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
The State ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
National State ◽  
Basic Model ◽  
The Face ◽  
Identical Position ◽  
Ethnocultural Community ◽  
Communicative Space

Yu. F. Samarin’s works are traditionally viewed through the prism of his affiliation with Slavophilism. His view of the state is opposed to the idea of the complex empire based on unequal interaction of the central power with the elite of national districts. At the same time it was important for Samarin to see the nation not as an ethnocultural community, but as classless community of equal citizens, who were in identical position in the face of the emperor. Samarin’s attitude to religion and nationality had pragmatic character and were understood as means for the creation of the uniform communicative space inside the state. This position for the most part conformed with the framework of the national state basic model, however there still existed one fundamental difference. Samarin considered not an individual, but the rural community that owned the land, to be the basic unit of the national state. As the result the model of national state was viewed as the synthesis of modernistic (classlessness, pragmatism, equality) and archaic (communality) features.

The Prophetic Voice of the Church in a Democratic South Africa – A Theological Reflection

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lufuluvhi Maria Mudimeli
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black Liberation Theology ◽  
Prophetic Voice ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church

This article is a reflection on the role and contribution of the church in a democratic South Africa. The involvement of the church in the struggle against apartheid is revisited briefly. The church has played a pivotal and prominent role in bringing about democracy by being a prophetic voice that could not be silenced even in the face of death. It is in this time of democracy when real transformation is needed to take its course in a realistic way, where the presence of the church has probably been latent and where it has assumed an observer status. A look is taken at the dilemmas facing the church. The church should not be bound and taken captive by any form of loyalty to any political organisation at the expense of the poor and the voiceless. A need for cooperation and partnership between the church and the state is crucial at this time. This paper strives to address the role of the church as a prophetic voice in a democratic South Africa. Radical economic transformation, inequality, corruption, and moral decadence—all these challenges hold the potential to thwart our young democracy and its ideals. Black liberation theology concepts are employed to explore how the church can become prophetically relevant in democracy. Suggestions are made about how the church and the state can best form partnerships. In avoiding taking only a critical stance, the church could fulfil its mandate “in season and out of season” and continue to be a prophetic voice on behalf of ordinary South Africans.

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