Indicações geográficas e agrobiodiversidade no contexto amazônico: a necessidade de um desenvolvimento territorial que leve em consideração a identidade cultural inerente aos produtos oriundos do conhecimento tradicional

Abstract

Investigating the potential of Geographical Indications for the protection of agrobiodiversity products derived from traditional knowledge is the central objective of this work. As for the methodology, it is an exploratory research, counting on data from Bibliographic Research and Field Research. The first one aimed at understanding the main concepts addressed in this work as Geographical Indications, Territorial Development and Agrobiodiversity. The Field Survey refers to the case of the Geographical Indication for the flour of Bragança -PA, still in the articulation phase, through direct observation and interrogation. A systematic observation and questioning based on forms directed to the main actors involved in the construction of the mentioned Geographical Indication project were applied, such as representatives of the cooperative elected to present the application to the INPI, public and private agents included in the process, besides the contributions of producers, reference in the production of the flour of Bragança. Therefore, from the case cited, through the induction method, it was concluded that for the protection of agrobiodiversity products, derived from traditional knowledge, it is necessary that the Geographical Indication project and its subsequent management be based on a the idea of territorial development, which takes into account not only the final product with economic prospects, but also the cultural identity inherent to the product, as well as the various social actors related to it, permeating its entire productive chain and collaborating to access markets in a qualitative way.