Governança Relacional para rastreabilidade da cadeia da carne bovina no Pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Brazilian agricultural production is strategic for Brazil's economic growth, and in the last two decades, the activity has expanded significantly. The development of livestock farming in the country is marked by a process of modernisation through technological advances in its production systems, resulting in impacts on productivity. However, there are still many challenges to be resolved in this chain. The traceability of the beef chain, from farm to consumer table, has faced implementation challenges for decades. In this sense, this thesis seeks to develop a relational governance model for the traceability of the beef chain in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul. Developed in four interconnected studies and a Technical Technological Product, with an essentially structuralist epistemological approach, the thematic problem was explored, described and, finally, a potential solution was presented, with the guiding question: What governance structure is necessary for the implementation of traceability in the beef chain in the Pantanal of MS? The research is qualitative in nature, using a case study approach, snowball sampling and literature review techniques, surveys, semi-structured interviews, content analysis and complementary documents. This study innovates by addressing relational governance and beef traceability simultaneously, proposing to fill this research gap by contributing theoretically and empirically, through the recommendation of a public policy agenda based on institutional, political, technical, and cultural practices. The results point to the absence of important institutional practices involving stakeholders in the beef chain for the effective implementation of traceability. As a result, a structuring model called CONVERGE-Collaborative Network for Value and Governance Relations for Traceability of the Beef Chain in the Pantanal of MS has been developed.