Short Commercialization Circuits: Contributions and challenges for the strengthening of Family Farming

Oliveira, Elson de; Barros, Stefania Evangelista dos Santos; Sugai, Mauricio Oliveira da Silva; Vieira, Denes Dantas; Freitas, Helder Ribeiro; Neto, José Raimundo Cordeiro

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“…Producers indicate that the price of agroecological products at fairs is much higher than in local markets (52%). To benefit from the advantages of an SCC and their added value allowing everyone involved to enjoy better living conditions, consumers must pay a little more for products [58,59]. Martínez [60] confirms that the prices of agroecological products can be high, and consumers do not always take into account the benefits that can be obtained by purchasing this type of product.…”

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“…However, in order to be expanded and strengthened, SCCs need to benefit from targeted public development policies, so that they can continue to guarantee access to healthy and high-quality food, improve food and nutritional security, and ensure environmental preservation [15]. In Ecuador, the social and economic support of municipal governments is supporting sustainable trade [59]. For authors like Connolly et al [64], the structures that agroecological fairs provide offer an alternative to the industrialized food system and an answer to the lack of laws or government aid, where producers collaborate to co-create a community structure of co-production, generosity, and/or shared resources (e.g., shared delivery of products by producers in a rural area).…”

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Short Commercialization Circuits and Productive Development of Agroecological Farmers in the Rural Andean Area of Ecuador

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Fair commercialization networks represent a direct economic and social participation mechanism for small producers in rural areas. Women’s participation is a pillar in short commercialization, which incorporates family income and economic independence, as well as food diversification in the territory. This research aims to analyze short commercialization circuits (SCCs) for agroecological foods as a contribution to productive development in the rural Andean area of Pillaro canton. This research, developed between April 2019 and May 2020, involved a quantitative approach and cross-sectional data collection. The Farm Sustainability Indicators (IDEA) method was used for the analysis, which establishes three scales: agroecological, socio-territorial and economic sustainability. The results show that SSCs contribute to food security through low-cost food, diversification, and nutritional products. In addition, SCCs allow a closeness between producers and consumers that provides greater confidence in the products offered. The ratings of 35.0 for the sustainability scale, 30.52 for the socio-territorial scale, and 17.5 for the economic scale indicate that the short commercialization circuits observed in the area consist of a sustainable system that allows for the social and economic improvement of producers in the rural Andean area of Pillaro canton, as well as the improvement of the natural environment.

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Circuitos cortos de comercialización como estrategia para el fortalecimiento del sector agropecuario

Sánchez Castillo,

Pérez Gamboa,

Gómez Cano

2024

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Los circuitos cortos de comercialización han alcanzado especial relevancia en las últimas décadas por su influencia en el desarrollo local. Su esencia radica en la minimización de intermediarios entre productor y consumidor. Desde la perspectiva económica, representan una propuesta transformadora en varios niveles, al contribuir a la resiliencia económica local. La ruta de investigación seguida fue la cualitativa, con un enfoque descriptivo a partir de una revisión bibliográfica como método empírico fundamental. La revisión bibliográfica se desarrolló en la base de datos Scopus, con el objetivo de analizar los circuitos cortos de comercialización como herramientas dinamizadoras de la economía, durante el período 2019 – 2023. La revitalización y fortaleza de una economía local, particularmente en áreas predominantemente agrarias, es un pilar fundamental para el bienestar de sus habitantes y la sostenibilidad de su modelo productivo, en este sentido, una estrategia que ha demostrado ser efectiva son los circuitos cortos de comercialización. Los circuitos cortos de comercialización no solo representan una estrategia de venta, sino también un motor de desarrollo económico local. Al promover transacciones directas, los recursos circulan dentro de la comunidad, potenciando la prosperidad de productores, la generación de empleo y la reinversión.

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Short Commercialization Circuits: Contributions and challenges for the strengthening of Family Farming

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Short Commercialization Circuits and Productive Development of Agroecological Farmers in the Rural Andean Area of Ecuador

Short Commercialization Circuits and Productive Development of Agroecological Farmers in the Rural Andean Area of Ecuador

Circuitos cortos de comercialización como estrategia para el fortalecimiento del sector agropecuario

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