Aggregation of value to the family farming: un alternative to the sustainable territorial development

Authors

• Elvira Maria Radwanski
• Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio
• Maria do Carmo Martins Sobral

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v19i3.2378

Keywords:

Aggregation of value, Familiar agriculture, Sustainable territorial development

Abstract

The paper leads of resulted the projects of sustainable and aggregation of value in the agricultural in small rural properties, where familiar agriculture predominates, in the city of Guaramirim, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The article has as objective to verify whether the project "Enhancing the Craft", developed as a strategy for sustainable territorial development of rural areas of the municipality of Guaramirim (SC), achieved the expected results and what were the impacts observed on the population served by the project. As methodology was used a qualitative study, intervening research, from interviews until participate observation. The project enable the increase of the income the rural families, guaranteeing its alimentary security and of the consumers, the legalization of the handicraft product, animal or vegetal origin, to sale on the market. The social actors have pride their identity and territory.