Requisitos de comércio justo em associações de produtores de culturas agroecológicos no Ceará

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the practical possibilities of fair trade associations agroecological farmers from the Ceará in a small scale production more appropriate socially and environmentally, specifically in compliance to international standards that define a production based on fair trade (Fair Trade) and qualification forms that cause low environmental impact, called agroecology. Identify and record the necessary requirements to enable the practice of fair trade is quite important for new studies in the future. Through a field study based on a theoretical reference that was developed, this research attempts to identify the barriers faced by farmers associations and cooperatives in an attempt to be part of a production based on fair trade. The research is qualitative in nature, tries to register and identify, through predefined interviews with farmers and members of associations and cooperatives, the main requirements for the practice of fair trade on the participating associations, tries also develop an overview of the requirements for the practice of fair trade based on the existing theoretical reference. Partially achieved the expected results, it was found that there is a possible way to go. The possibility of reaching a market that pays for a premium value through a fair trade label still requires investments by producers. The paper recommends that more researches about the subject can be developed as a way to consolidate the fair trade in countryside of the Ceará.