Diffusion of agrochemichals as a benefic technology to the farmer

the role of agricultural cooperatives

Authors

  • Elisandra Forneck Centro de Memória Alfa/MaxiCréditoCEMAC
  • João Klug Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36661/2238-9717.2016n27.8044

Abstract

This article aims analyze the diffusion of agrochemichals as a benefic technology to farmers (if well used) and the role of agricultural cooperatives in this process. Cooperatives that received state support for agricultural modernization and are important trading partners of multinationals that distribute agrochemichals in Brazil. The focus will be given to an analysis of the case of Cooperalfa - largest agricultural cooperative in Santa Catarina state, which implemented, in the mid-1990s, a project "fight against misuse of agrochemichals".

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Author Biographies

  • Elisandra Forneck, Centro de Memória Alfa/MaxiCréditoCEMAC

    Mestre em História Cultural pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – UFSC, atua como historiadora e pesquisadora no Centro de Memória Alfa/MaxiCréditoCEMAC

  • João Klug, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Doutor em História, professor do Programa de Pós Graduação em História na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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Published

05-06-2018

Issue

No. 27 (2016): Dossiê História das Ciências e Tecnologias

Section

Dossiês

How to Cite

FORNECK, Elisandra; KLUG, João. Diffusion of agrochemichals as a benefic technology to the farmer: the role of agricultural cooperatives. Fronteiras: Revista Catarinense de História, Brasil, n. 27, p. 84, 2018. DOI: 10.36661/2238-9717.2016n27.8044. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uffs.edu.br/index.php/FRCH/article/view/8044. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.