ADAO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO SOBRE A AGRICULTURA ORGÂNICA EM GOIÁS

Abstract

This work aimed to evaluate socioeconomic and historical variables of the Association for the Development of the Organic Agriculture (ADAO) as example of that exploration model in Goiás, through a case study, to punctuate the most outstanding differences between the organic agriculture and conventional agriculture and to publish the reuslts obtained through the field research accomplished with ADAO S producers members. Interviews were accomplished with ADAO S producers members, in the municipal districts of Brazabrantes, Caturaí, Caldazinha, Bela Vista, Silvânia where were applied questionnaires with multiple choices and also open subjects done to the producers, in the period of March and April of 2007. As results of the field researches, it was observed that the lack of qualified labor, the technical support absence and public politics returned for the largest impediments for the development of the organic agriculture in Goiás. The research also showed that the organic production has been trying to provide a new vitality for the producers, once a time in that agriculture to get a form of healthier life.