Organic agriculture: historical, normative and economic aspects

Abstract

Organic agriculture is of great importance for Brazil and the world, as it maintains the original quality of food. The production and consumption of organic food has been occupying more and more space in the global agri-food systems The objective of this work was to geographically study the production of organic food in the world and in Brazil. Studying the historical, normative and economic aspects for organic production, its trend and importance from a descriptive review of the theme. The present study is based on a systematic review of the literature, held in October and November 2022. The work was developed based on research in public and open databases: SciELO; Google Scholar and Digital Library of Periodicals. To corroborate with the study, we also use: federal decrees, technical standards and normative instructions. The following phrases were used in the searches: Organic agriculture; Historical Aspects; Normative and Economic. Initially 43 works were pre-selected and after evaluation, 17 articles were used in this review. The final considerations show that: Organic agriculture is a great alternative for small, medium and large producers, as the market has been expanding and diversifying its products every year. The number of consumers of organic products only increases. About 2 to 10 percent a year, in Brazil and in the world respectively. With this, there may be increases in productive areas and consequently new farmers will possibly start producing.