Economia solidária como estratégia de desenvolvimento local: o caso da associação dos produtores familiares agroecológicos da cidade de Sumé-PB.

Abstract

Dialogues about a different conception of work and income generation, based on the so-called Solidary Economy projects, are now being opened. Although this proposal does not replace capitalism, it appears as an alternative to address the inequalities generated by this system, created by the workers for themselves. The consolidation of this alternative depends fundamentally on a process of educational construction and solidification of the solidarity feeling, as opposed to capitalist individualism. This process unleashes new forms of labor relations that essentially include new conceptual categories and a differentiated organizational dynamics. This study has as a general objective to analyze the practices of Solidarity Economy of the Association of Agroecological Family Producers of Sumé (APFAS), identifying its potential as a strategy to generate work, income and local development. For the accomplishment of this study of case,we have used as a research instrument the direct observation and the application of semi structured interviews. The field research was carried out from February 25 to March 6, 2017, with 05 of the 21 partners of the project, which made it possible to collect data and analyze the practices developed. In view of the analysis of the study, we can affirm that the APFAS is a solidary economic enterprise, since they practice the principles of Solidarity Economy:associativism, collective, self-management, concern with the environment and solidarity. With these principles,thechange in the lives of partners and the local developmentwas noticeable. We intend that this research contributes to the studies of the Solidary Economy and to understand how this proposal presents itself as a local development strategy.