Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil

The inclusion of small-scale farmers in Market niches for sustainable and solidary products can contribute to add value and wide trade alternatives for family farming production. Within the range of possibilities to access these market niches, Fairtrade certification is directed to associations and...

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Main Authors: Guilherme José Ferreira de Araújo, Daniel Magalhães, Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes
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Published: Confins 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/confins/11401
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author Guilherme José Ferreira de Araújo
Daniel Magalhães
Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes
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Daniel Magalhães
Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes
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description The inclusion of small-scale farmers in Market niches for sustainable and solidary products can contribute to add value and wide trade alternatives for family farming production. Within the range of possibilities to access these market niches, Fairtrade certification is directed to associations and cooperatives mainly composed of small-scale farmers in developing countries. In order to stamp Fairtrade label and benefit from Fairtrade market conditions, producers organizations must comply with criteria set by Fairtrade Labelling Organization International (FLO) that include organizational, social and environmental aspects, as the payment of the certification costs. The present article aims to investigate and evaluate the social and environmental impacts of Fairtrade certification of small farmers’ cooperatives in Brazil. Therefore, this study examines mango cooperatives in the Fruit Polo Petrolina/Juazeiro and coffee cooperatives located in the Region of Matas de Minas and Mountains of Espírito Santo. These regions were chosen due to its peripheral localization, high socioeconomic dependence on agricultural activities, regional relevance of family farming and low income per capita and human development indexes. The qualitative analysis is based on interviews conducted with experts, cooperatives managers, technical assistants, producers and rural worker syndicates, FLO regional consultant and visits to producers and cooperatives’ facilities.
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spelling doaj-art-80e8bd6c357f45478aa611752f6ee5312025-01-13T15:55:01ZengConfinsConfins1958-92122016-12-012910.4000/confins.11401Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no BrasilGuilherme José Ferreira de AraújoDaniel MagalhãesEdvânia Tôrres Aguiar GomesThe inclusion of small-scale farmers in Market niches for sustainable and solidary products can contribute to add value and wide trade alternatives for family farming production. Within the range of possibilities to access these market niches, Fairtrade certification is directed to associations and cooperatives mainly composed of small-scale farmers in developing countries. In order to stamp Fairtrade label and benefit from Fairtrade market conditions, producers organizations must comply with criteria set by Fairtrade Labelling Organization International (FLO) that include organizational, social and environmental aspects, as the payment of the certification costs. The present article aims to investigate and evaluate the social and environmental impacts of Fairtrade certification of small farmers’ cooperatives in Brazil. Therefore, this study examines mango cooperatives in the Fruit Polo Petrolina/Juazeiro and coffee cooperatives located in the Region of Matas de Minas and Mountains of Espírito Santo. These regions were chosen due to its peripheral localization, high socioeconomic dependence on agricultural activities, regional relevance of family farming and low income per capita and human development indexes. The qualitative analysis is based on interviews conducted with experts, cooperatives managers, technical assistants, producers and rural worker syndicates, FLO regional consultant and visits to producers and cooperatives’ facilities.https://journals.openedition.org/confins/11401family farmingFairtradesocial environmental impactscooperatives
spellingShingle Guilherme José Ferreira de Araújo
Daniel Magalhães
Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes
Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
Confins
family farming
Fairtrade
social environmental impacts
cooperatives
title Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
title_full Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
title_fullStr Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
title_full_unstemmed Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
title_short Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil
title_sort impactos socioambientais da certificacao fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de cafe e manga no brasil
topic family farming
Fairtrade
social environmental impacts
cooperatives
url https://journals.openedition.org/confins/11401
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