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16 Organic Farming in Latin America Natural health groups, environmental organizations, alternative education programs and, of course, NGOs that promote organic production and agroecology, occupy the rest of the area. Various activities related with ecology and food, like conferences, workshops, puppet & theatre shows for children and adults are carried out every week. Children have many opportunities to learn and participate, and this also facilitates their parents’ freedom for visiting the fair relaxed, ask questions and learn about organic farming. The Bioferia has been growing since its beginning, with more farmers joining constantly and more consumers having the habit of buying every weekend. It is already a standard in Lima, for the people to “visitor la Feria” every Saturday morning. Recently, the first Ecological Consumers Committee was organized, and has taken the task of spreading information about organic production and promoting the rights of consumers to the full information about food. The fair organizing committee has made several publications, including a very educating video, in conjunction with IFOAM. Source: Cesar de la Cruz, Ecológica Perú; Pipo Lernoud, personal visits & communications. 16.8.3 The Eco Vida Agroecology Network in Brazil The Eco Vida Network was born in the state of Santa Catarina, in the South of Brazil, in 1998. It is the result of a long development of local markets and small farmers that started, twenty years ago, around a health food cooperative, COOLMEIA, in the city of Porto Alegre, in the neighboring state of Rio Grande do Sul. Today, the Network encompasses a great area including the three big states, including Paraná. In all these regions of fertile land with slopes and moderate climate, most of the farms are small family operations that were somehow being left aside by the growth of agribusiness, great patches of monoculture of conventional soy, maize and cattle. Small farmers were being marginalized by the big scale export oriented production in the richest agricultural areas of Brazil. So farmers and NGOs started to organize small markets in the cities, to channel the family scale production of vegetables, fruits and some processed foods like preserves and cheeses. Farmers Market of the Eco Vida Agroecology Network in Brazil Foto: Pipo Alberto Lernoud 169
170 The World of Organic Agriculture 2006 Today, the network is composed of farmers, consumer’s organizations, small agro industries, NGOs giving technical advice and some civil organizations like churches, schools, etc. It is organized in 21 regional “nucleus”, that are the space for debate and consensus, and where network projects like the Participatory Certification are carried on. With the involvement of all the members, common criteria on organization and marketing are developed. The network has developed a complex system of local organic guarantee, called Participatory Guarantee that is now studied as an example by other countries in the Southern Hemisphere 12 . The Network uses a seal labeling each product that can circulate thousands of kilometers from one state to the other. Consumers thus know that the product agrees with the Standards of the Network. Around 2’100 farmer families are connected through the Eco Vida Network, and they exchange experiences, visit each other, organize events and celebrations. More than 100 farmers’ markets (some of them very huge, like in Porto Alegre, with 300 farmers present weekly) are spread across all the south of Brazil. The annual turnover of the network participants is near 20 million USD 13 , total in organic products. 16.8.4 BioFach América Latina in Brazil In 2005, the third annual BioFach América Latina took place in Rio de Janeiro attracted 3193 visitors from 23 countries and 156 exhibitors, 35 of which were international, a 70% growth in trade visitors and 40% growth in exhibitors. The rapid development of BioFach América Latina will be able to continue at its new location in São Paulo from October 25-27 2006. São Paulo, was deemed to be and excellent location for the further international development of the organic agriculture sector.The conference program will give market actors the possibility to become more informed about international developments and to develop market profiles. Substantive issues to be discussed include the further development of the regulatory framework in Latin America, above all the models for cooperation between multinational retailers and small producer organizations, as with the growth in value-added production through the processing of raw organic materials, regional marketing models in a Latin American context and consumer relationships. Brazilian and Latin American markets for organic products hold great potential for further development, and BioFach América Latina is playing a key role in providing an international platform in a Latin American context. 16.9 Sources of Information Alvarado, Fernando (Perú), Balance de la Agricultura Ecológica en el Perú 1980-2003“, Centro IDEAS, Red de Agricultura Ecológica del Perú. Av. Arenales, 645 Lima, Tel +51 1 4335060, Fax +51 1 4331073 Amador, Manuel (Costa Rica), CEDECO Corporación Educativa para el Desarrollo Costarricense, Apdo. 209-1009 Fecosa. SanJosé Augstburger, Franz (República Dominicana) 12 See also the work of the IFOAM working group on Participatory Guarantee Systems for Organic Agriculture, Internet http://www.ifoam.org/about_ifoam/standards/pgs.html 13 20 million USD = 16.5 million EUR (per 31.12.2005)
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