Abstract
Abstract: The regulatory process of the organic sector in Brazil began in 1999 and has gone through several changes, culminating in the Decree-Law of December 2007, which established rules for the production and trading of organic products in Brazil. In such Decree, the certification has become a compulsory requirement for production and trading of such products, whose rules governing their obtaining follow rigorous controls standards. As the certification process of organic products is recent and there is a lack of studies carried on this subject, this study will contribute to fill the existing gap in the international literature, mainly national about this topic, once that aimed to identify factors that influence the possibility of non-renewal of organic production certificate, according to the perception of certified producers in Brazil. Through this effort, this research should contribute to wider adherence and maintenance of the producer in the certified system or, at least, proposals for further works. A total of 200 producers from several Brazilian states participated in this study, and data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and, later, exploratory factor analysis. The results achieved holds that the determining factors to the non-renewal of the certificate involve variables related to transactions among operators, organization of the supply chain and to the regulations. Furthermore, to overcome the challenges imposed to rural producers, one of the proposals is for greater effective actions from representative industry entities of the sector in aspects that are related to the certification process.
Highlights
Alternative production systems have been developed since the second half of the 20th century, including the organic production system that defends alternative production practices which differentiate themselves from the conventional production systems
This research aims to identify the factors that influence the non-renewal of the organic production certificate, as perceived from certified producers in Brazil7, and to propose actions that may contribute to an increase adherence to the certified system
It can be concluded that there are certain factors that contribute to the uncertainty of producers concerning their permanence in certified activity
Summary
Alternative production systems have been developed since the second half of the 20th century, including the organic production system that defends alternative production practices which differentiate themselves from the conventional production systems. In 1990, through USDA, that “Facta” was established, which is an American agricultural law aiming to promote development actions focused on organic production with a sustainable ecological model tendency (SOUZA and ALCANTARA, 2003). In Brazil, in parallel to the American actions, the cultivation of organic products were promoted by religious and ethical movements and started, even timidly, in the 1980s. In December 2007, through the Decree-Law 6,323 (BRASIL, 2007), the whole regularization procedure of this sector had a major leap as it put important specifications to the regulation of organic sector, becoming mandatory the organic certification in establishments that produced and traded organic products. The mandatory certification for producers and distributors facilities had been established in this decree (Law 6,323 of December 2007) with a 2 years term to adequacy of the facilities. The Decree 7,048 of December 2009 (BRASIL 2009) changed the deadline for 1 more year of adequacy
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