Organic and conventional farming in Santa Catarina state, Brazil: Comparative analysis of producers

• Autor(a) principal: Gazzola, Rosaura
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Eliane Gonçalves, Souza, Geraldo da Silva e, Wander, Alcido Elenor
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
• Texto Completo: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/4233
• topic: Regional data; Economic regional measurements; Income.; Dados regionais; Medidas econômicas regionais; Renda.

This paper makes a comparison between the conventional and the organic farms of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The comparison was made using the microdata from the 2006 Agricultural Census. The chi-square analysis showed that only one parameter does not differentiate between conventional and organic farmers: family size with up to 2 people. In this parameter there are no statistical differences between conventional and organic. There were statistical differences between conventional and organic farms in the following parameters: sex, domicile, average monthly income, land ownership, use of agricultural credit, membership at cooperatives, use of the area by establishments, schooling and years of experience.