Ações públicas e privadas na implantação e desenvolvimento da indicação geográfica do café em Minas Gerais

Abstract

The geographical indication (GI) of agro-food products is a recent theme in the reality of the Brazilian agribusiness, presenting itself as a social and economical development alternative. The general objective of this research was to analyze the divergences and convergences between the actions and initiatives of the public and private sectors, in the implantation and development of the GI of coffee in the state of Minas Gerais (MG) under two points of view: the state action and the engagement of the local community. The theoretical foundation brought elements for an multidimensional analysis, approaching concepts in the social and economical realm of the GIs. The principal results found were that since 1996 until the present day, the government of MG has been implementing public policies of incentives for the coffee production chain which did not have a continuity or complementarity of their actions, harming the IGs implantation programs which demanded a long term implementation strategy. Parallel to government action from MG, coffee grower associations undertook action to obtain the recognition of GIs in smaller areas than those delineated under the scope of Certicafé. These private actions were essential to the development of MG coffee GIs and consolidated themselves independently government support.