Coordination on Family farming and territorial development: the case of coffee geographical indications

Authors

  • Mara Elena Bereta de Godoi Pereira Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani Universidade Estadual Paulista
  • Sandra Mara Schiavi Bankuti Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto Universidade Estadual Paulista

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2016v15nesp1p131

Abstract

Geographical Indications are registrations used to ensure the quality and reputation of a product by connecting it to its source, reducing information asymmetries and protecting the territory from opportunistic action. Considering the difficulties faced by farmers to access markets, this research examined how these registrations favor the coordination in the agrifood coffee system for family farmers. It also identified the contribution to territorial development, specifically within the Mantiqueira region in Minas Gerais State and in Norte Pioneiro region in Paraná State. The New Institutional Economics supported the analysis of vertical coordination, considering the choice of efficient governance structure. Localized Agrifood System supported understanding horizontal coordination and territorial development. A multiple case study was carried out and the results indicated that Geographical Indications promote horizontal coordination as it strengthens the links between social actors that comprise the territory.

Author Biographies

Mara Elena Bereta de Godoi Pereira, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Mestra em Agronegócio e Desenvolvimento pela Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus Tupã/SP. 

Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos(UFSCAR), Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus Tupã/SP.

Sandra Mara Schiavi Bankuti, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos(UFSCAR), Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). 

Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doutora em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR), Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia, UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus Tupã/SP. 

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Published

2016-10-14

Issue

Vol. 15 (2016)

Section

Special Issue 1 - Sociology and sociologists in Latin America: research, teaching, and interdisciplinarity in contemporary context

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