Banca de DEFESA: INAUE TAIGUARA MONTEIRO DE ALMEIDA

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STUDENT : INAUE TAIGUARA MONTEIRO DE ALMEIDA
DATE: 27/02/2026
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: CPDA/UFRRJ
TITLE:

 

 

“Seeds in the hands of farmers”: an analysis of the practices of Rede Milho in the development of participatory agrobiodiversity management strategies

KEY WORDS:

 

 

Corn Network, Agrobiodiversity, National Native Corn Trial, PTA Network, Agroecology, Seeds.

PAGES: 258
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUBÁREA: Sociologia do Conhecimento
SUMMARY:

 

 

 

This study focuses on the organizational and knowledge production and dissemination practices developed by Rede Milho, a multi-site collective action initiative developed within the scope of the network Projeto Tecnologias Alternativas (Rede PTA). Between 1990 and 1993, Rede Milho's actions aimed at the recovery, evaluation, breeding, and conservation of different types of corn (Zea mays) mobilized between 1990 and 1993, a heterogeneous group of actors in the South and Southeast regions of Brazil, involving communities of small farmers, rural workers' unions, local producer associations, technicians linked to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for development and technical assistance, and researchers working on public research institutions. In this dissertation, Rede Milho is analyzed based on a critical dialogue established between two distinct approaches, namely, the Multilevel Perspective and the Theory of Practices, seeking to understand the Network simultaneously as a space for the production of novelties, in permanent tension with the dominant sociotechnical regime, and, at the same time, as a community of practices organized around shared values and principles. The analytical framework developed seeks to highlight both the importance of systemic phenomena that marked this historical period, with emphasis on the country's democratization process itself, and the challenges involved in creating a collective action mechanism capable of coordinating practices for the recovery of local corn varieties and the creation of an evaluation trial of these varieties to be carried out in a decentralized and networked manner, the National Creole Corn Trial (ENMC). This qualitative study is based on literature review, documentary analysis, and a series of 21 semi-structured interviews with key actors linked to the Corn Network. The research seeks to shed light on how social movements, scientific activity, and social practices contributed to the existence of this articulation, which belongs to an important period in the history of the Brazilian agroecological movement.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 1432841 - CLAUDIA JOB SCHMITT
Interna - 1551581 - THEREZA CRISTINA CARDOSO MENEZES
Externa à Instituição - PATRÍCIA GOULART BUSTAMANTE - PESAGRO-RIO
Externa à Instituição - FLÁVIA CHARÃO MARQUES - UFRGS