https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/574 2026-06-16T19:13:52Z 2026-06-16T19:13:52Z Rech, Greyciane Elma https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8450 2026-06-09T23:57:31Z 2026-04-09T00:00:00Z

Title: Certificação fair trade do mel: uma análise socioeconômica e ambiental dos produtores nas cidades de Bocaiúva-MG e Ribeira do Pombal-BA Autor: Rech, Greyciane Elma Primeiro orientador: Plein, Clério Abstract: This study discusses the social, environmental, and economic impacts resulting from the adoption of the Fair Trade USA system in two Brazilian beekeeping associations and among their members. The perspective of New Economic Sociology was adopted as a theoretical framework, as it allows for an understanding of economic activities as processes socially structured by institutional norms, social relations, and bonds of trust. The research was conducted with the associations APIORG, located in Bocaiúva (MG), and AGOARP, located in Ribeira do Pombal (BA), both linked to the Fair Trade USA system through the exporter FloraNéctar. The investigation was conducted using an exploratory approach, with methodological procedures based on interviews, questionnaires, and document analysis. The results of this work were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. At the environmental level, the actions carried out by the associations are related to the environmental challenges faced by beekeepers, who, in turn, demonstrate confidence in the technical recommendations and recognize the effectiveness of the practices adopted. At the social level, associative relationships have been strengthened; information circulates among them and there is a perception of participation in decisions. Financially, the minimum price acts as protection against market volatility, and the guarantee of total commercialization contributes to producers' economic stability. The results show that the certified market operates according to institutional rules and social relations among participants, contributing to the productive organization and greater economic stability of beekeepers linked to the program Publisher: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Tipo do documento: Dissertação

2026-04-09T00:00:00Z Ulrich, Sérgio Luiz https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8448 2026-06-03T21:47:21Z 2026-03-03T00:00:00Z

Title: Agricultores familiares que atuam no âmbito das cadeias curtas de produção e sua interface com as cooperativas de crédito presentes em Marechal Cândido Rondon - PR Autor: Ulrich, Sérgio Luiz Primeiro orientador: Basso, Dirceu Abstract: This dissertation aims to analyze the relationship between family farmers involved in short production chains and the financial products and services offered by credit cooperatives in the municipality of Marechal Cândido Rondon, in the state of Paraná. This objective stems from the need to understand whether these institutions actually meet the productive and sociocultural demands of family farmers, a gap that is still little explored in the national literature. To achieve this objective, an applied research approach with a qualitative methodology was adopted, based on bibliographic, documentary, and field procedures. The empirical field consisted of 14 family farmers who work directly in short production chains, with data collected through semistructured interviews. The information was analyzed based on the New Economic Sociology and the Theory of Conventions, which allowed for an understanding of the productive strategies adopted, the financial products used, and perceptions about the relationship with the cooperatives. The results indicate that credit cooperatives represent an important alternative to the conventional financial system, as they enable access to resources for both production and non-productive needs. They also highlight the existence of obstacles such as delays in credit approval and the absence of specific lines of credit to meet the socio-cultural demands of family farming. It was also observed that the relationship between members and cooperatives is sustained by bonds of trust, reciprocity, and belonging, which strengthens the cooperative model and contributes to the permanence of farmers in rural areas. This research seeks to contribute to the debate about the importance of credit cooperatives in strengthening family farming, as well as to the formulation of public policies aimed at sustainable rural development. Publisher: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Tipo do documento: Dissertação

2026-03-03T00:00:00Z Peixoto, Aline Tainá https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8443 2026-06-03T12:52:22Z 2026-03-02T00:00:00Z

Title: O empoderamento feminino no campo rural sob o olhar da abordagem da intra-ação Autor: Peixoto, Aline Tainá Primeiro orientador: Walter, Silvana Anita Abstract: This dissertation aims to understand how processes of empowerment among peasant women are (co)constituted through intra-actions between human and non-human elements. The study is grounded in a critique of individualistic approaches to empowerment and proposes a relational perspective that conceptualizes empowerment as a phenomenon emerging from intraactions among bodies, discourses, practices, and materialities. The dissertation is composed of three articles aligned with its specific objectives. The first article seeks to understand gender inequalities in the lives of peasant women within the context of Sustainable Rural Development through a metasynthesis of qualitative studies. The results highlight two central dimensions: institutional forces and women’s agentic engagement. As a social contribution, the study emphasizes the importance of policies and programs that are sensitive to local realities and that promote not only women’s inclusion but also their social repositioning, thereby avoiding processes of exploitation and the reproduction of inequalities. The second article explains how Karen Barad’s theory of intra-action can contribute to the analysis of social relations and women’s empowerment in rural contexts. To this end, a theoretical essay is developed, whose main contribution lies in presenting empowerment as a relational process constituted through multiple elements, offering an alternative approach to women’s empowerment compared to previous studies. This perspective demonstrates that empowerment does not emerge from previously constituted subjects, but rather from relations between human and non-human elements. In this sense, women are not the sole center of the process, but part of a network of elements whose intra-actions enable (or constrain) their social repositioning. Finally, the third article aims to understand how empowerment processes among women in a family farming social collective are sociomaterially (co)constituted. We adopt Van Manen’s methodological approach to support the analysis of a group of women family farmers who produce coffee in a rural municipality in the interior of Paraná. The results show that women’s empowerment emerges in a relational and ambiguous manner, through intra-actions among productive labor, family care, affects, materialities, and sociotechnical conditions that shape the group’s everyday life. The analysis reveals that participation in the coffee-producing collective expands spaces of recognition, belonging, and autonomy, while simultaneously intensifying workloads and responsibilities, giving rise to processes that oscillate between strengthening and exhaustion. Theoretically, the study contributes by shifting the understanding of women’s empowerment in rural contexts from individualistic approaches toward a relational and sociomaterial perspective that articulates the notion of intra-action with antenarratives. Based on this articulation, we coin the term empodera(breci)ment to capture the specific context of the group investigated in this dissertation. Publisher: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Tipo do documento: Dissertação

2026-03-02T00:00:00Z Soares, Simone Cesario https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8442 2026-06-03T11:32:21Z 2026-03-06T00:00:00Z

Title: Juventude rural da UNICAFES Brasil: o contexto e a construção das estratégias de vida e trabalho Autor: Soares, Simone Cesario Primeiro orientador: Basso, Dirceu Abstract: Young people in rural Brazil are leaving the countryside, and there are several factors contributing to this situation, including low income, difficulty accessing land, and the lack of or restricted access to public goods and services, within a context of social inequality highlighted by the absence of public policies targeting youth, and more specifically rural youth. Thus, this study sought to understand and analyze the strategies adopted by these young people in shaping their life plans, based on an analysis of the following dimensions: autonomy, participation, agency, and future. The study is characterized as qualitative. Data collection took place between 2021 and 2022. The research subjects were 100 young people residing in all regions of Brazil who were involved in initiatives developed by UNICAFES Braz rational theory, with an application adapted to the analytical method employed by Maurício Serva (1996; 1997) in light of the proposed objectives. The UNICAFES cooperative network plays an important role in this context by providing training to young people through programs based on the principles of the solidarity economy. These training programs address the needs of young people in family farming, enabling them to remain in rural areas and adapt to rural realities. Thus, the study revealed that most of the young people surveyed intend to remain in rural areas, but the conditions are not attractive. As a result, young people are seeking income outside their farms, or even outside rural areas. To earn income, they are engaging in various jobs, sometimes in rural work, sometimes in urban activities. Public policies, even those targeted at this demographic such as Pronaf-Jovem do not reach young people. Despite this situation, families still encourage young people to remain in the countryside. Furthermore, most young family farmers still operate primarily within a substantive framework, as they adopt agricultural practices that are minimally mechanized and/or automated, as well as practices more focused on agroecological and/or agroforestry production that is, more sustainable management practices. Publisher: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Tipo do documento: Tese

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