ORGANIC FARMING: A HEALTHY TREND FOR THE PRODUCER

Authors

  • Larissa Maas Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC), Campus Rio do Sul, SC.
  • Rosane Malvestiti
  • Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC.
  • Leila Amaral Gontijo Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2018.v35.26313

Keywords:

sustainable agriculture, content analysis, quality of life, rural worker health

Abstract

Organic agriculture has been presenting itself as an important tool to make small family farms feasible. To identify the main reasons that lead these farmers to change to this practice, semistructured interviews were applied to farmers from properties in the region of Rio do Sul, in state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Through the technique of content analysis, it was possible to list the main reasons, indicating as positive aspects the improvement of health and improvement of satisfaction in the work developed; and as obstacles shortage of labor, dissemination and commercialization of the product, among other points cited, such as those related to certification, future prospects and the ideology of working with organic agriculture. It was concluded that the benefits of cultivation with organics go beyond the suppression of the use of pesticides, the main one being the improvement of the farmer’s quality of life.

Author Biographies

Larissa Maas, Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC), Campus Rio do Sul, SC.

Engenheira química, doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção da
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), professora do Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC),
Campus Rio do Sul, SC. larissa.maas@ifc.edu.br

Rosane Malvestiti

Enfermeira e graduada em Educação Física, mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano. romaiah50@
gmail.com

Lizandra Garcia Lupi Vergara, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC.

Arquiteta e Urbanista, doutora em Engenharia de Produção, professora associada da Universidade
Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC. l.vergara@ufsc.br

Leila Amaral Gontijo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC.

Graduada em Desenho Industrial, doutora em Ergonomia, professora associada da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC. leila.gontijo@ufsc.br

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Published

2018-09-06

How to Cite

Maas, L., Malvestiti, R., Vergara, L. G. L., & Gontijo, L. A. (2018). ORGANIC FARMING: A HEALTHY TREND FOR THE PRODUCER. Science & Technology Journals, 35(1), 75–92. https://doi.org/10.35977/0104-1096.cct2018.v35.26313

Issue

V.35, n.1 (Jan./Abr.), 2018

Section

Artigos

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