The Municipal Market of Araguaína/TO as a food driver in the cerrado

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira de Moura, Osmar
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Pereira dos Santos, Ana Caroline, Reis de Araújo, Silvania, Ferreira Mendes, Maurício
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Cerrados (Montes Claros. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/844
• topic: Conservação da biodiversidade. Segurança alimentar e nutricional. Tocantins.; Biodiversity conservation. Food and nutrition security. Tocantins.; Conservación de la biodiversidade. Seguridad alimentaria y nutricional. Tocantins.

This study aimed to understand the importance of the Municipal Market of Araguaína/TO as a propellant of food in the cerrado, generating food and nutritional security for marketers and consumers, since self-consumption and then commercialization take place, guaranteeing income and sustenance for the families. The design used was the case study. Semi-structured questionnaires were applied to market vendors in the Municipal Market, from September to November 2019, in addition to a survey of bibliographic material and photographic record. The results show that there were several conflicts between marketers and traders for subsequent implementation by the public authorities of the Araguaína Municipal Market, which happened in 1978, thus guaranteeing social inclusion and income, strengthening the productive chain of cerrado fruits, in addition to promoting food security between marketers and local consumers. However, these foods are threatened by the advance of soy and livestock over the cerrado biome, compromising the diversity of products offered by market vendors in the Municipal Market in Araguaína.