CIRCUITO ESPACIAL PRODUTIVO DO CAFÉ E O JOGO DE ESCALAS (coffee productive spacial circuit and the game of scales)
Abstract
Desde a década de 1990, a adoção da ideologia e das políticas neoliberais provocaram grandes transformações nas dinâmicas produtivas e na relação entre os agentes do circuito espacial produtivo do café brasileiro. Alterações no papel do Estado permitiram o aumento do poder e da escala de ação de grandes empresas torrefadoras e tradings, em detrimento, sobretudo, dos pequenos produtores. Dessa forma, o artigo tem como objetivo analisar as relações de poder entre os agentes que compõem o circuito espacial produtivo do café e suas respectivas escalas geográficas de ação. Para isso, parte-se de uma discussão sobre a definição e a articulação dos conceitos de circuito espacial produtivo e escala geográfica, para depois analisar a ascendência da regulação corporativa na cafeicultura e as alternativas de produção de cafés especiais desenvolvidas por alguns produtores.
Palavras-chaves: Circuito espacial produtivo; Escala geográfica; Globalização; Cafeicultura.
ABSTRACT
Since the 90s, the adoption of neoliberal ideology and politics caused major changes in the productive dynamics and agent’s relations in the Brazilian coffee productive spacial circuits. Changes in the role of the state allowed the increase of power and action scale of large companies like traders and roasters vis-à-vis small coffee growers. Thus, this article aim to analyze power relations in the coffee productive spacial circuits and the geographical scales of action of its agents. It begins by a theoretical discussion about the definition and articulation of the concepts of productive spacial circuits and geographical scales. After that, it analyze the ascendancy of corporate regulation and alternative production of specialty coffee developed by some producers.
Key words: Productive spacial circuit; Geographical scale; Globalization; Coffee production.
RESUMEN
Depuis les années 90, l’adoption de l’idéologie et de la politique néolibérale ont entraîné d’importants changements dans la dynamique de production et les relations de l’agent dans les circuits productifs spatiales de café au Brésil. Changements dans le rôle de l’État a permis l’augmentation de la puissance et de l’échelle d’action des grandes entreprises comme les commerçants et les torréfacteurs vis-à-vis des petits producteurs de café. Ainsi, cet article vise à analyser les relations de pouvoir dans les circuits spatiales productives du café et les échelles géographiques d’action de ses agents. Il commence par la discussion théorique sur la définition et l’articulation des concepts de circuit spatial productif et les échelles géographiques. Alors, il analyse la montée en puissance de la réglementation des entreprises et de la production de remplacement du café de spécialité développée par certains producteurs.
Palabras clave: Circuit spacial productif; Échelle géographique; Mondialisation; Production du café.
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