Mulheres Amazônidas E Sua Relação Com Empresas De Biocomésticos: Entre Novas Ruralidades E Velhas Concepções De Gênero

Almeida, Ruth Helena Cristo; Gonçalves, Carolina da Silva

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“…Critics, however, view such assessments as "over-optimistic expectations," and argue that more often than not relations between companies and local communities are unilateral and exploitative, based in asymmetric power-relations and marked by contradictions between the companies' rhetoric and their business practices [49][50][51]. Although some processing steps in the market value chains take place locally, peasant farmers typically are the first actors in the production chain, and the profit captured by them is often limited, while the real profits accrue to the companies [52][53][54].…”

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Non-Timber Forest Products and the Cosmetic Industry: An Econometric Assessment of Contributions to Income in the Brazilian Amazon

Antunes

Simmons

Veiga

2021

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This study explores Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) production and company–community partnerships with the multinational cosmetic industry. The objectives are to critically assess: (1) how income generated from market-oriented NTFPs extraction impacts small farmers’ livelihoods; and (2) whether membership in cooperatives linked to such partnerships is a factor in improved livelihood. Household-level data from 282 surveys conducted in remote communities in four municipalities in the Northeast region of the State of Pará provide empirical insight into NTFPs extraction and processing activities by smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Amazon. We employ a spatial econometric approach to assess if engagement in NTFPs extraction and membership in cooperatives result in statistically significant increases in the overall household income. A series of spatial regression models are used, including Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Spatial Autoregressive Regression (SAR), Spatial Error Model (SEM), Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) and their corresponding alternative Bayesian models. Our study finds that NTFP extraction and membership in cooperatives tied to company–community partnerships are statistically significant and result in increases in total income at the household level. Findings also show that distance to transportation modes and markets are statistically significant with more distant households earning greater income. This finding presents challenges for the long-term sustainability of green alternatives to development that rely on remote, inaccessible environments for the commodities of interest. This is especially pronounced given the commitment of the Amazonian Nations, and the massive national and international investments, in the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), which has as its goal the creation of a multimodal transportation hub to integrate the continent with global markets and make accessible far reaches of the Amazon.

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