Vantagem estratégica da agricultura familiar de Alto Paraíso de Goiás no mercado do café
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2010-05
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Analisa estabelecimentos rurais do município de Alto Paraíso de Goiás, em sua busca de alternativas de renda para se estabelecerem no mercado. O município foi povoado nos séculos XVI e XVII, a partir da mineração, e possui, desde seu povoamento, tradição agrícola. A atividade econômica foi mudada a partir dos anos 1960, com a exploração do turismo. Porém, seu histórico é de miséria e estagnação. O turismo foi a atividade principal da região até o início dos anos 2000, período em que população e turistas registraram acometimento de doenças, como a febre amarela. O estudo foi realizado a partir de questionários semi estruturados aplicados a 28 agricultores da região. Com o levantamento e avaliação global da realidade rural e das condicionantes do desenvolvimento, este trabalho tem por objetivo verificar a possibilidade de existência da promoção do desenvolvimento rural sustentável de unidades de produção familiares cafeeiras locais. Isso porque o município possui pés de café (Coffea sp.) muito antigos ao longo dos rios, que se mostram, ainda, produtivos, cujo produto segue sendo consumido por habitantes e turistas. O café foi levado à região ainda no início do século XVIII pelas tropas de bandeirantes, e hoje é cultivado por agricultores familiares que, após o declínio do turismo, estão buscando alternativas para a geração de renda e o desenvolvimento sustentável do município. O estudo conclui que esses produtores possuem vantagens intrínsecas para o estabelecimento de um cultivo de café que pode ser inserido em nichos de mercado de cafés especiais. Assim, a produção familiar em pequena escala, para se tornar vantagem estratégica, deve estar associada à tradição, à natureza, ao artesanal, ao local, conjunto de valores que atualmente são premiados pelo mercado consumidor de cafés especiais.
This work analyzes family farmers in the municipality of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Goiás state, Brazil, in their search for alternative sources of income that will establish them in the market. The municipality was first settled in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by miners and has, since then, maintained an agricultural tradition. Economic activity changed in the 1960’s with the exploitation of tourism. However, the region’s history is one of poverty and stagnation. Tourism was the main economic activity until the early 2000’s, when diseases such as yellow fever were registered among tourists and the local population. The study was carried out using semi-structured questionnaires, applied to 28 farmers in the region. From an overall survey and assessment of rural life and development impairments, the aim of this work was to study the possibility of promoting the sustainable development of family coffee production units in the region. There are still old productive coffee trees (Coffea sp.) planted along rivers whose product is consumed by the local population and by tourists. Coffee was introduced in the region in the early eighteenth century by scout troops and is grown today by farmers who, after the decline of tourism, are searching for alternative sources of income allied to sustainable development. The conclusion is that these producers have intrinsic advantages for establishing a coffee production system that can be inserted into the specialty coffee niche markets. Therefore, to become a strategic advantage, small-scale production should be associated to local tradition, nature and handicraft, all of which are currently valued by the specialty coffee consumer market.
This work analyzes family farmers in the municipality of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Goiás state, Brazil, in their search for alternative sources of income that will establish them in the market. The municipality was first settled in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by miners and has, since then, maintained an agricultural tradition. Economic activity changed in the 1960’s with the exploitation of tourism. However, the region’s history is one of poverty and stagnation. Tourism was the main economic activity until the early 2000’s, when diseases such as yellow fever were registered among tourists and the local population. The study was carried out using semi-structured questionnaires, applied to 28 farmers in the region. From an overall survey and assessment of rural life and development impairments, the aim of this work was to study the possibility of promoting the sustainable development of family coffee production units in the region. There are still old productive coffee trees (Coffea sp.) planted along rivers whose product is consumed by the local population and by tourists. Coffee was introduced in the region in the early eighteenth century by scout troops and is grown today by farmers who, after the decline of tourism, are searching for alternative sources of income allied to sustainable development. The conclusion is that these producers have intrinsic advantages for establishing a coffee production system that can be inserted into the specialty coffee niche markets. Therefore, to become a strategic advantage, small-scale production should be associated to local tradition, nature and handicraft, all of which are currently valued by the specialty coffee consumer market.
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Agricultura familiar, Certificação, Agronegócio, Estratégia de comercialização
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CAMPOS, J. I; VALENTE, A. L. E. F. Vantagem estratégica da agricultura familiar de Alto Paraíso de Goiás no mercado do café. Coffee Science, Lavras, v. 5, n. 2, p. 97-106, maio/ago. 2010.