https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/578 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:08:44 GMT 2026-06-16T13:08:44Z https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8450 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 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8450 2026-04-09T00:00:00Z https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8448 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 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8448 2026-03-03T00:00:00Z https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8443 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 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8443 2026-03-02T00:00:00Z https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8320 Title: A caracterização da qualidade da água da sanga ubiritama no córrego gavião: uma análise a partir dos parâmetros físico-químicos e microbiológicos com ênfase no monitoramento do fósforo e da DBO Autor: Hansen, João Paulo Muzika Primeiro orientador: Corrêia, Arlindo Fabrício Abstract: Land use and land cover determine the water quality of the tributaries within a drainage basin. The growth of productive activities produces deleterious effects on the quality of water resources. The objective of this research was to characterize the water quality of the Ubiritama Stream, located in the Gavião Creek, a tributary designated as a critical area in terms of water resource use by the Instituto Água e Terra (IAT). To this end, water quality was analyzed based on physicochemical and microbiological parameters, with emphasis on monitoring phosphorus (P) input and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD). Sampling was carried out at three points (NP3, IP2, and FP1), located in reaches under the influence of different productive activities, such as agriculture, livestock farming, and fish farming. The results showed that the variables nitrate, Total Nitrogen (TN), Total Coliforms (TC), Total Phosphorus (TP), and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) were above the maximum permitted values (MPV) established by CONAMA Resolution No. 357/2005. In the monitoring of phosphorus input, the presence of this nutrient was observed at all sampling points, with higher concentrations in areas directly influenced by adjacent productive activities, especially agriculture and fish farming. However, high concentrations were also recorded in samples corresponding to the headwaters, whose contributing area is associated exclusively with agricultural activity. The study identified fish farming as the activity that most degrades the aquatic environment, followed by agriculture. Finally, phosphorus control measures should be implemented, such as the use of sedimentation tanks in fish farms and agricultural areas, the construction of small earth bunds and/or contour lines, proper soil management, control of fertilizer amounts applied to the soil, and the preservation of riparian vegetation. Publisher: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná Tipo do documento: Dissertação Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://tede.unioeste.br/handle/tede/8320 2025-12-01T00:00:00Z