Characterizing the profile of women from family agriculture producing organic coffee in the Poço Fundo-MG municipality

Abstract

Despite the changes in society, the role of women remains little altered in family farming, both in the sexual division of labor, and their roles are assessed by men as lighter (domestic, caring for the elderly and children) and when working agricultural, it is conceived as a "help" to men. In coffee-producing family farming in the South / Southwest Minas mesoregion, the situation is not very different. However, since the creation of COOPFAM (Cooperativa dos Agricultores Familiares de Poço Fundo e Região), which has a differentiated logic of valuing family members and focused on the organic production system, the situation of women begins to change, from fair trade certification, which spawned the creation of MOBI (Mulheres Organizadas Buscando Independência) and “women's coffee”. This study aimed to understand the profile of women from COOPFAM's organic and cooperative coffee farms in the county of Poço Fundo-MG. The access to the cooperative's decisions made these women know their rights, seeking their valorization also in the family production unit, although their struggle is continuous.