Geographical Indication social construction for aroeira honey in the Northern Minas Gerais State: an analysis of actors and processes

• Autor(a) principal: Demier, Alex Douglas Martin
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Daniel Coelho de, Marcelino de Jesus, Clesio, Makishi, Fausto
• 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/2095
• topic: Indicação Geográfica; Apicultura; Norte de Minas; Mel de Aroeira.; Geographical Indication; Apiculture; Northern Minas Gerais State; Aroeira honey.; Indicación Geográfica; Apicultura; Norte de Minas; Miel de Aroeira.

The process of identifying specific attributes for Aroeira Honey in the Northern Minas Gerais State brought new perspectives for adding value to regional apiarian production from the possibility of recognition of the geographical indication – GI. Therefore, this paper sought to understand the process of obtaining GI from Aroeira Honey in Northern Minas Gerais State as a social construction as a result of an arrangement involving regional and local organizations and institutions articulate at regional and local level. The research method involved bibliographical review, interviews to apiarists, Presidents of associations and representatives of supporting institutions. As secondary data we also used numbers on honey production in the region. We concluded that the possibility of GI registration came to the apiarists in a top to bottom way by institutions like Ezequiel Dias Foundation (FUNED), São Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company (CODEVASF), Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA). These institutions envisioned a possibility of value addition and territorial development. Not even the territorial delimitation of the Aroeira Honey GI is not a result of a social construction by the regional apiarists, but rather the characterization of honey and endorsed by Institutions.