Feira da agricultura familiar de Marabá aspectos econômicos e sociais

Abstract

The proposed study looked for to understand and to analyze the appearance of the Fair of the Family Agriculture of Marabá, evidencing the social and economical aspects involved in this commercialization process. Their main objectives went to know and to understand the appearance and the operation of the Fair of the Family Agriculture in Marabá, to verify the socioeconomic importance of the fair for the farmers and for the consumers and to identify the process of price formation and the appropriation of the true value that the farmer obtains with the sale of the product directly to the final consumer. The information were obtained through bibliographical research, interviews with people key, field research and informal conversation with and organizers of the fair and merchants. It was verified that the fair of the family agriculture appeared for the initiative of STR - Union of the Rural Workers of Marabá and of Copserviços - Cooperative of Services rendered, after they verify the need of commercialization of the farmers' of the establishment projects production. It was verified that the creation of the fair benefitted two segments of the society: the consumers, for they acquire products of good quality and cheaper than in the other fairs and the farmers that he/she obtains a higher income with the direct commercialization to the consumer, besides they establish changes of experiences with other farmers. The study also identified that, in spite of the farmer to sell their products at lower prices than in the other fairs, his/her mercantile appropriation is larger than in the other cases, position that it doesn't depend on middlemen for the commercialization.