Coordination on Family farming and territorial development: the case of coffee geographical indications
subject: Agricultura Familiar, Desenvolvimento Territorial, coordenação, indicações geográficas
description: 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.
creator: Sandra Mara Schiavi Bánkuti, Mara Elena Bereta de Godoi Pereira, Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani, Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto
source: Política & Sociedade
publisher: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
date: 2016
relation: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/politica/article/view/49350
coverage: Social sciences (General), Political institutions and public administration (General)