Institutional dimension for sustainable development

The Relationship of Organic and Conventional Cotton Farming With Government

Bibliographic Data

ID4010907
AuthorsPaulo Thiago Nunes Bezerra De Melo (0000-0003-4473-974X, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco), Hans Michael Van Bellen (0000-0002-9224-7232, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2022
Volume60
Issue1
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-2003 • E-ISSN: 1806-9479
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1806-9479.2021.224662
OpenAlexW3175321682
SCIELO_PIDS0103-20032022000100200
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited32

This study aimed to examine the institutional dimension of conventional and organic cotton farming; specifically, the relationships between farms and government organizations. In both, conventional and organic production systems, the farmers are located in varying institutional environments. These environments include a social capital formed by relationships of trust and cognitive affinities. This study focused on the social capital and guidelines for sustainable development. Multiple study cases were used for explanatory purposes. Such cases refer to a conventional cotton farming business and a civil society organization dedicated to organic cotton farming, both located in the state of Piauí. A comparative analysis perspective was adopted based on the elements of content analysis. The results showed that the conventional cotton farming business comprises relationships with governmental organizations that are predominantly oriented towards economic efficiency purposes, while the family-based organic cotton farming association comprises relationships oriented by economic, social, and environmental objectives. The present study extends the discussion on these topics by analyzing the institutional dimension oriented towards the sustainable development premises

Agribusiness · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Capital (architecture) · Civil society · Cognition · Cognitive dimensions of notations · Dimension (graph theory) · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Institutional analysis · Integrated farming · Organic farming · Political science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable development · Rural Development and Agriculture · Social and Economic Solidarity

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