Sustentabilidade e Desenvolvimento Rural

um estudo no interior do estado do Paraná

Abstract

Agribusiness has been an essential activity for the Brazilian economy, that is why the importance of discussing sustainability in this field, mainly because, it is directly connected to the environmental issue, so we should seek to reduce the effects caused by agriculture. However, there should be a balance between social and economic pillars. Thus, this study, had as main goal, to understand the process and levels of sustainable organizational practices in a rural property in the municipality of Pinhão, State of Paraná, through a descriptive qualitative research. It was analyzed the contributions of sustainable practices and their impacts in the rural property results through content analysis, using the matrix that presents six levels of organizational sustainability. It was found that the property is at the conscious organizational sustainability level (SO) while the OS Synergistic and Holistic, develops some actions. It has established social, environmental and economic practices, however it should still better develop the social pillar, whereas there is not a balance among them.