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Case Studies for Organic In Brazil, Case Studies for Early Organic Agricultural Development in Southeast Brazil , The first initiatives on organic farming/agroecology date from the early 1980s and were a reaction against the negative effects of the green revolution technologies. The NGOs working with groups of family farmers during the 1980s and 1990s developed considerable experience in the holistic chain of organic production, small scale/home processing and local markets as well as local and participatory guarantee systems (PGS). The Ecovida Network on Agroecology, founded in 1998, and the biggest actor in the Southeastern states with 80% of the organic farms, today connects 180 municipalities including 2,800 farm families, around 14,000 persons. Sales mostly focus on local markets like street markets, but also the public sector, shops, supermarkets, and some exports. PGS have a place in the Brazilian Organic Law 10831, the formulation of which involved intense participation of the private sector. A national program on agroecology contains initiatives to support the sector, ensuring credit, rural extension, and research for the sector. Brazil is said to have 887,637 ha under organic cultivation, 0.34% of the total agriculture area, with an estimated 14,000 organic farmers. However, there are a great number of uncertified organic farmers who are not covered by the statistics. There is a big diversity of products organically grown both for domestic and export markets, such as soybeans, rice, maize, fruits, coffee from northern Paraná, and vegetables, and a wide range of processed products available on the domestic market. (Author Maria José Guazzelli and Laercio Meeirelles) Further Reading on Southeast Brazil's Organic Sector development: |
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The first initiatives on organic farming (and agroecology) in Brazil were a reaction against the negative effects of green revolution technologies in the early 1980s. The NGOs working with groups of family farmers during the 1980s and 1990s developed considerable experience in the holistic chain of organic production, small scale/home processing and local markets as well as local and participatory guarantee systems (PGS).
The Ecovida Network on Agroecology, founded in 1998 the biggest actor in the Southeastern states with 80% of the organic farms, connects 180 municipalities including 2,800 farm families, around 14,000 persons. Sales mostly focus on local markets like street markets, but also the public sector, shops, supermarkets, and some exports.
PGS have a place in the Brazilian Organic Law 10831, the formulation of which involved intense participation of the private sector. A national program on agroecology contains initiatives to support the sector, ensuring credit, rural extension, and research for the sector. Brazil is said to have 887,637 ha under organic cultivation, 0.34% of the total agriculture area, with an estimated 14,000 organic farmers. However, there are a great number of uncertified organic farmers who are not covered by the statistics. There is a big diversity of products organically grown both for domestic and export markets, such as soybeans, rice, maize, fruits, coffee from northern Paraná, and vegetables, and a wide range of processed products available on the domestic market. (Author Maria José Guazzelli and Laercio Meeirelles)
Further Reading on Southeast Brazil's Organic Sector development:
Case Studies for Early Organic Development
Early Organic Agricultural Development
Early Market Development for Organic Agriculture
Regulatory Framework for Organic Development
Organization, Structural Support, and Lessons Learned
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