Fair trade is presented as a sustainable alternative that provides smallproducers and farmers the opportunity to negotiate with a different perspective. The aim is to produce fair benefits according to the effort the ...

Tomato production in Vilhena, Brazil, supplies the local market and school meals provided by the National School Meal Program (PNAE). The integrated tomato production system that reduces the use of pesticides provided ...

An adequate supply of fresh, high quality and accessible vegetables is essential for a healthy food system. In Latin America, these are mostly produced by smallholder farmers. The objective of this research was to characterize ...

At present, farmers in the Caribbean are at the dictates and vagaries of the various trade agreements and government policies. Limited by colonisation and geographic location, in order to survive from an economic standpoint, ...

Specialized literature on organic production highlights the presence and concentration of retail, especially supermarkets, in the organic enhancement chain. This presents enormous obstacles for the entrance of small farmers ...