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| Author(s): |
Vitória Aparecida Cardoso
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Tupã. 2022-03-24. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia. Tupã |
| Defense date: | 2022-02-18 |
| Advisor: | Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani; Marcellus Marques Caldas; Cristiane Hengler Corrêa Bernardo |
| Abstract | |
Family farming plays several roles for society. They are important for the country's food security, for the generation of jobs in the countryside, and the environmental preservation. Despite their importance, family farmers deal with various difficulties, such as the lack of resources for investments and difficulties related to market access. Therefore, strategies that can make them more competitive must be studied, and Geographical Indications (GIs) are among them. GIs are distinctive signs that identify a good or service linked to a place of origin that has become known for its notoriety. To be part of a GI, a farmer must follow a set of rules that are established in the code of practice (CoP). Therefore, this dissertation aims to verify if the CoP impacts the participation of family farming in two coffee GI: the Alta Mogiana and Pinhal Region ones, located in the state of São Paulo. Therefore, in addition to bibliographical and documentary research, a study of multiple cases was carried out. Such analysis took place under the light of the New Institutional Economy, more specifically, this study was based on the concept of meso-institutions. The results show that the CoPs face problems related to the translation, allocation, and monitoring of rights. Both CoP have, for example, established geographic boundaries and quality standards that are not representative of the region. Regarding the process of designing the rules, it was observed that it took place in a non-participatory way in the Pinhal Region and relied on the actions of large producers in the Alta Mogiana Region. After realizing that some rules were imprecise, the Alta Mogiana Region updated the CoP, while the Pinhal Region has been discussing rule changes. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the rules can be easily followed by the farmers of the two regions, which demonstrates that they do not have an excluding character. However, factors such as lack of information about GI and market recognition affect the adoption of these distinctive signs by farmers. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/24420-5 - Geographical indication and family farming: dream or reality |
| Grantee: | Vitória Aparecida Cardoso |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |