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State Support in Brazil for a Local Turn to Food

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  • Ana Paula Matei

    (Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico (SEDETEC/UFRGS), Porto Alegre 90040-020, Brazil)

  • Paul Swagemakers

    (Department of Applied Economics, University of Vigo, Ourense 32004, Spain)

  • Maria Dolores Dominguez Garcia

    (Department of Applied Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón 28223, Spain)

  • Leonardo Xavier Da Silva

    (Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Su, Porto Alegre 90040-000, Brazil)

  • Flaminia Ventura

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale (DICA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), University of Perugia, Perugia 06125, Italy)

  • Pierluigi Milone

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ambientale (DICA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), University of Perugia, Perugia 06125, Italy)

Abstract

The local turn to food is often claimed to be a way to increase the value-added component retained by primary producers and to provide healthy, fresh and affordable food to consumers. Rio do Grande do Sul in Brazil has several governmental support programs that aim to empower family farmers and open up new market opportunities for them. This article examines these programs, investigates how small-scale farmers engage with them and the resultant changes in farming and marketing practices that ensue. The article uses cluster and content analysis to identify and interpret the extent, and the different ways, in which these farmers engage with and make use of the local knowledge and innovation system. The results provide useful insights into how policy instruments improve the performance of family agribusinesses, helping them to make better use of the resources available to them, encouraging farm diversification, and strengthening local interrelations between producers and consumers.

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  • Ana Paula Matei & Paul Swagemakers & Maria Dolores Dominguez Garcia & Leonardo Xavier Da Silva & Flaminia Ventura & Pierluigi Milone, 2017. "State Support in Brazil for a Local Turn to Food," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:7:y:2017:i:1:p:5-:d:87922
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    2. Giaime Berti, 2020. "Sustainable Agri-Food Economies: Re-Territorialising Farming Practices, Markets, Supply Chains, and Policies," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-9, March.

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