CO-OPERATIVISM AS A DEVICE FOR TAKING PART IN AGRIBUSINESS: THE “COOPERAÇAFRÃO” EXPERIENCE IN MARA ROSA-GO

Authors

  • Carlos Shiley Domiciano CEFET/UFG
  • David José Caume UFG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/pat.v38i3.4006

Keywords:

Agricultural co-operativism, family agriculture, social capital

Abstract

This research investigates the challenges, dilemmas and possibilities present in the creation experience of the Cooperativa dos Produtores de Açafrão de Mara Rosa (Cooperaçafrão). With the intention of analysing this experience, as an instrument for insertion of family farmers in the turmeric agribusiness (pigment and seasoning), the text approaches, under a historical perspective, the genesis and growth of the agribusiness for this product in the region. The approach is focused on the conflictive social relations stabilished by social agents that take part in the production chain,exposing the difficulties faced by farmers, and pointing out specially the action of intermediary agents involved in the commercialization process. The study covers the creation of Cooperaçafrão, as a ";social capital"; establishing experience, characterized in what has been known as ";solidary co-operativism";, which aims to make possible the social and economic reproduction of family farmers in this production chain.

KEY-WORDS: Agricultural co-operativism; family agriculture;social capital.

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Author Biographies

  • Carlos Shiley Domiciano, CEFET/UFG
    Professor do CEFET-Goiânia/UFG
  • David José Caume, UFG
    Professor da Escola de Agronomia e Engenharia de Alimentos/UFG e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronegócio da UFG

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Published

2008-09-19

Issue

v. 38, n. 3, Jul./Sep. 2008

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

DOMICIANO, C. S.; CAUME, D. J. CO-OPERATIVISM AS A DEVICE FOR TAKING PART IN AGRIBUSINESS: THE “COOPERAÇAFRÃO” EXPERIENCE IN MARA ROSA-GO. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], v. 38, n. 3, p. 169–179, 19 Sep.2008.