A relação entre comercialização de alimentos e princípios agroecológicos na rede de cooperativas de reforma agrária do Paraná/Brasil

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• family farming
• agroecology
• short food supply chain
• alternative food networks
• local markets