Avanços e limitações da ACOSPER – Cooperativa dos Trabalhadores Agroextrativista do Oeste do Pará – na construção de bases rumo ao bem-viver

Abstract

The present work analyzes the Cooperative of Agroextractivist Workers of Western Pará - ACOSPER from its organizational restructuring considering its historical relevance, the valorization of the knowledge of the different social actors and the Good Living before the scenario of the cooperative's performance. To this end, the research has the specific objectives of describing ACOSPER's history, organizational structure and main fronts, identifying ACOSPER's biggest challenges in strengthening its bases and identifying ACOSPER's greatest achievements in the Good Living scenario. . The theoretical framework contextualizes the origin of cooperativism and its socio-historical evolution, considering public policies for family farming and its consolidation in the Amazon region, given the relevance of the local context in which ACOSPER operates, it is possible to understand the strengthening of family farming through of cooperativism against the protagonism of soy in the region. In addition, the framework also presents the concept under construction of Good Living and its relationship with cooperativism with the intention of demystifying some concepts rooted in developmentalism. The study can be characterized as a single case study, descriptive, qualitative, carried out through documentary research, observational techniques and interviews. As a result, it was identified that ACOSPER in its quest to be a regional reference in the field of agricultural cooperatives still has a lot to develop and mature and that its demands and needs today prioritize the strengthening of a more enlightened base on the true meaning of cooperativism. All the listed factors reinforce the importance of cooperativism and Good Living as alternatives to development seeking to play a transforming role in the economy, mainly in regional articulations, local involvement and the redefinition of a harmonious relationship with nature.