Community that sustains agriculture: CSA of Belo Horizonte in the light of its possibilities and challenges

Comunidade que Sustenta a Agricultura: a CSA de Belo Horizonte à luz de suas possibilidades e desafios

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https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v27n2-7

Abstract

Recent years have seen the advance of alternative models of consumption, which seek to restore relations between consumers and producers, such as the Community that Supports Agriculture (CSA). Following this proposal, despite the rapid expansion in Brazil, there are still gaps in scientific works that explore its practices. In order to contribute with empirical elements for the CSA movement, the present article aimed to expose the performance of the Belo Horizonte experience, evidencing its achievements and challenges. In methodological terms, a case study was adopted, based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews with farmers and coproducers. The research results presented innovative organizational practices that illustrate the potential of supporting small farmers and their families in order to provide stability and alternative paths attuned to the reality of the countryside. However, among its limits, it is worth emphasizing that as the group has expanded, the proximity between farmer and co-producer has become more difficult, which poses to the group the challenge of changing the posture from one of traditional consumption and to emphasize greater involvement and participation of CSA as a community.
Keywords: CSA; Belo Horizonte; innovations; challenges.

OLIVEIRA, Fernanda Antunes de; PEREIRA, Rafael Diogo; CALBINO, Daniel. Comunidade que Sustenta a Agricultura: a CSA de Belo Horizonte à luz de suas possibilidades e desafios. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 27, n. 2, p. 371-393, jun. 2019.

Submitted in april 2019.
Accepted in may 2019.

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  • Fernanda Antunes de Oliveira, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV–SP), Brasil

    PhD student in Public Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP).
    E-mail: fernandaa.oliveira18@gmail.com
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/6687330789443572

  • Rafael Diogo Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil

    PhD in Administration by the Center for Postgraduate Studies and Research in Administration (CEPEAD) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) with a sandwich doctorate at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and professor of the Department of Administrative Sciences of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
    E-mail: rdp.ufmg@gmail.com
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/4712895499354392

  • Daniel Calbino, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brasil

    PhD in Administration from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and professor at the Federal University of São João del Rei (UFSJ) and the Master's Program in Education at the Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (PPGED / UFVJM).
    E-mail: dcalbino@ufsj.edu.br
    http://lattes.cnpq.br/4784709340714266

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Published

2019-06-01

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Vol. 27 No. 2: Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura (june to september 2019)

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