The institutional dynamics of the community use of cerrado's native products in the municipality of Japonvar (Minas Gerais state)

This article examines a social arrangement that allows community access and use of the pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) and other native fruit species of the Brazilian savanna (cerrado) by groups that combine family farming with plant collection. The study is focused on Japonvar, a municipality located...

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Published in:Sociedade e estado 2009-01, Vol.24 (1)
Main Authors: Aldemir Inácio de Azevedo, Herbert Toledo Martins, Leitão Drummond, José Augusto
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
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Summary:This article examines a social arrangement that allows community access and use of the pequi (Caryocar brasiliense) and other native fruit species of the Brazilian savanna (cerrado) by groups that combine family farming with plant collection. The study is focused on Japonvar, a municipality located in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is grounded of the theory of common use of goods and resources developed by Elinor Ostrom and adopts an institutionalist perspective. It identifies and describes each social component that exerts influence on the common use experience of the pequi and is an operational part of the institutional framework of this collective system.
ISSN:0102-6992
1980-5462
DOI:10.1590/S0102-69922009000100009