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Authors: Cristiane Coradin, Valdir Frigo Denardin

The Vale do Ribeira has historically of un imaginary presented itself as a territory that was oblivious to the main cycles of capital accumulation in the State of Paraná. However, socio-productive transformations are underway, triggering processes of agroecological transition and sustainable territorial development. The objective of this article is to understand the relationship between the commercialization dynamics and agroecological transition and sustainable territorial development of the Vale do Ribeira, Paraná.

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Authors: Marluci Casalini Wildner, Sibele Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Orlando Martinelli Junior

Brazilian public policies focused on energy security follow international initiatives, with emphasis on intersectoral and transversal actions. In the last decades, the country has been highlighting in the production of biofuels, among which we mention the derivatives of agricultural cultivars. In this context, the present study aims to analyze the insertion of agricultural cooperatives in the biodiesel production chain in Rio Grande do Sul. For this purpose, bibliographical research was done, as well as the analysis of secondary data on the subject. It was verified that the insertion of the cooperatives in the biodiesel production chain is encouraged by the PNPB and its respective strategies of insertion of the familiar agriculture to the energy market. Cooperatives act as intermediaries and facilitators of agricultural production, distribution and marketing. In this sense, it is affirmed that the cooperatives are important economic agents of foment to the regional development, as well as fundamental link for the growth of the productive chain of the biodiesel.

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Authors: Rôner de Souza Fernandes, Alessandra Maria da Silva, Rayane Pagung Falcão

The objective of this study was to analyze pluriactivity as an income - generating activity in family agriculture of the Córrego Primavera Community in the municipality of Rio Bananal, Espírito Santo, Brazil. For that, a field research was carried out adopting a qualitative approach with a semi-structured interview for 19 family farms living in the Córrego Primavera Community, from July to October 2016. The results of the interviews were submitted to content analysis. The main non-agricultural activities observed among the studied families are classified as intersectoral, with services being the most frequent. It was observed that the main factors motivating the pluriactivity indicated by the families studied were the need to generate extra income and to occupy the idle labor force. The families demonstrated that they did not have administrative knowledge and the cost of production of the activities developed. It was concluded that pluriactivity is an important factor for the strategy of economic reproduction of rural families and that there is a need for awareness of its members for efficiency in the management of human and material resources.