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Is a Geographical Certification a Promising Production and Commercialization

Strategy for Smallholder Sheep Farming in Ceará, Brazil?

Sarah Schneidera, Marianna Siegmund-Schultzea,*, Evandro V. Holanda Júniorb, Francisco S. F. Alvesb, Anne Valle Záratea

http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2012.022.013, pp. 107–127

 

Abstract

Producing a local sheep meat product under a geographical certification label may enhance market competitiveness of smallholder farmers. This study focused on sheep farms in Ceará (Northeast Brazil); we explored their potential for adopting such a strategy, described the production chain of the salted, dried sheep meat product, and evaluated its potential certification. The study built on an existing unpublished dataset about the socio-economic conditions, production techniques, and commercialization characteristics of 129 sheep producers in the Tauá municipality. Multiple correspondence analysis followed by a nonhierarchical cluster analysis resulted in five farm clusters. In-depth interviews about socio-economic and production characteristics were conducted with a subsample of 23 farmers. The production chain was evaluated by applying methodological and data triangulation. The dried mutton product showed potential for geographical certification. However, essential preconditions for establishing a successful and sustainable geographic certification system were currently lacking.

 

Keywords 

Brazil, farming systems, food value chain, geographical indication (GI), sheep

 

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a Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, Universität Hohenheim (480a), Garbenstrasse 17, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany

b Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos, Caixa Postal 145, 62011-970 Sobral-CE, Brazil

* Corresponding author: Marianna Siegmund-Schultze, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 

 
 

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