Certifica Minas Café: um novo paradigma da atuação do estado na proteção ambiental?
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2017-10
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O programa Certifica Minas Café (CMC) é uma iniciativa do governo do Estado de Minas Gerais para a certificação de propriedades cafeeiras. É o único programa de certificação de lavoura de café promovido pelo Poder Público. Esta pesquisa abordou um dos desafios do programa: lidar com as não conformidades encontradas nas auditorias e que possam representar o descumprimento de obrigações legais, pois os auditores do CMC possuem também atribuições de fiscalização da utilização de agrotóxicos. A pesquisa teve acesso a 570 relatórios de auditorias realizadas pelo programa no ano de 2015, tomando-se uma amostra de 230. Dos relatórios foram extraídos os dados referentes a seis requisitos da certificação, associados aos agrotóxicos. Adicionalmente, foram realizadas entrevistas com o gestor do programa e examinados os procedimentos e formulários da certificação. A maior contribuição desta pesquisa é apresentar e discutir a hipótese de que a certificação pública de propriedades e de produtos agrícolas pode ser considerada como um novo paradigma da atuação do Estado na proteção ambiental. O modo de atuação estatal na certificação não se enquadra nos paradigmas anteriores e proporciona resultados importantes no atendimento aos parâmetros técnicos e legais desejados, permitindo sugerir que sua utilização seja ampliada para outros setores, além da cafeicultura.
The Certifica Minas Café program (CMC) is an initiative of the government of the State of Minas Gerais for the certification of coffee farms. It is the only coffee certification program promoted by the Government. This research addressed one of the program’s challenges: to deal with the nonconformities found in the audits and that may represent the noncompliance with legal obligations, since the auditors of the CMC also have attributions of inspection of the use of agrochemicals. The survey had access to 570 audit reports conducted by the program in the year 2015, and randomly a sample of 230 was taken. From the reports were extracted data on six certification requirements associated with agrochemicals. In addition, interviews were conducted with the program manager and the procedures and certification forms were examined. The main contribution of this research is to propose and discuss the hypothesis that the public certification of farms and agricultural products can be considered as a new paradigm of the State’s action in environmental protection. The government’s mode of operation in certification does not fit the previous paradigms and provides important results in meeting the desired technical and legal parameters, allowing to suggest that its use be extended to other sectors, in addition to coffee growing.
The Certifica Minas Café program (CMC) is an initiative of the government of the State of Minas Gerais for the certification of coffee farms. It is the only coffee certification program promoted by the Government. This research addressed one of the program’s challenges: to deal with the nonconformities found in the audits and that may represent the noncompliance with legal obligations, since the auditors of the CMC also have attributions of inspection of the use of agrochemicals. The survey had access to 570 audit reports conducted by the program in the year 2015, and randomly a sample of 230 was taken. From the reports were extracted data on six certification requirements associated with agrochemicals. In addition, interviews were conducted with the program manager and the procedures and certification forms were examined. The main contribution of this research is to propose and discuss the hypothesis that the public certification of farms and agricultural products can be considered as a new paradigm of the State’s action in environmental protection. The government’s mode of operation in certification does not fit the previous paradigms and provides important results in meeting the desired technical and legal parameters, allowing to suggest that its use be extended to other sectors, in addition to coffee growing.
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Certificação, Educação ambiental, Legislação ambiental
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CASTRO, C. V.; SALGADO, E. G.; BEIJO, L. A. Certifica Minas Café: um novo paradigma da atuação do estado na proteção ambiental?. Coffee Science, Lavras, v. 12, n. 4, p. 562-574, out./dez. 2017.