A importância dos circuitos curtos de comercialização no fomento à agricultura familiar: um estudo de caso da FAF UFOPA

Abstract

The Ufopa Family Agriculture Fair (FAF) was created in June 2016, as part of the Extension Project “Incubator of Solidary Economic Enterprises” (Iecosol) in partnership with the Pro-Rectory of Culture, Community and Extension – Procce. The Fair works as a shortcircuit marketing space where consumers have access to products directly from the producer. Its objective is to provide integration between the academic community, the general public and family farmers, the latter coming from various associations and cooperatives in the municipalities of Santarém, Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos, configuring a concrete possibility of selling their production and generating income. The general objective of this research is to understand the short commercialization circuit of the Ufopa Family Agriculture Fair. In order to reach the general objective of the research, it is necessary to formulate the specific objectives, presented below: a) Characterize the undertaking of the Ufopa Family Agriculture Fair; b) Present the commercialization data of the Ufopa Family Farming Fair; c) Evaluate advances and limitations of the CCC of the Ufopa Family Farming Fair. Therefore, the question that guides this research: what is the importance of short commercialization circuits in the promotion of family farming, in the case of the FAF of Ufopa? The theoretical framework that supports the study is organized into 3 parts, the first of which talks about some concepts of family farming in the view of some authors and their benefits, the second about the main public policies for Family Farming in Brazil and finally about the short marketing circuits. As a methodology: it can be defined as a qualitative, applied and descriptive study that used as procedures bibliographical research, documental research, field research, carrying out a case study of the Ufopa Family Agriculture Fair. Using various resources for data collection such as direct observations, and fair data surveys. The results show that it has gained more and more space and visibility, consolidating itself as an important extension activity, impacting the lives of producers and consumers involved.