Production of the organic cocoa in the amazon: a case study of the amazon organic products cooperative – COPOAM

Magda Vronski,Silvia Maia Olimpio

doi:10.7213/rebrae.09.003.ao09

Abstract

This article aims to show the results and discussions of the exploratory descriptive research carried out by the Cooperative of Organic Products of the Amazon (COPOAM), which is composed of cocoa producers part of agricultural families cooperative located in the Transamazon Highway region, state of Pará. The main purpose of this research is to illustrate the producer’s strategies towards production and marketing of organic products. This work also demonstrates the cooperative's market expansion based on its formalized contracts and sustainable development practices, which can stimulate initiatives that promote the good use of natural resources in the Amazon, as well as participatory management of the territory. Such actions contribute to local development in a needy and anthropized region.

Highlights

The Law No 5,764 / 71, defines Cooperatives as societies of persons, established to provide services to members, who reciprocally undertake to contribute with goods or services for the exercise of economic activity for common purpose without profit intentions
Cooperativism is considered a philosophy of life and socioeconomic model capable of uniting economic development and social welfare
The model is promising, since it provides indirect and direct gains to the small rural producers, inserting them in the market, offering a new philosophy of life as the organic production presents itself as an expanding world market and the potential model of local economic development

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Introduction

The Law No 5,764 / 71, defines Cooperatives as societies of persons, established to provide services to members, who reciprocally undertake to contribute with goods or services for the exercise of economic activity for common purpose without profit intentions. This way it fulfills its role in the economic and solidarity development for both the partner producer and the community, once it is required at least 20 (twenty) cooperatives to create a unique cooperative. M. Cooperativism is considered a philosophy of life and socioeconomic model capable of uniting economic development and social welfare. The fundamental references of cooperativism are: democratic participation, solidarity, independence and autonomy

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