Marie Sigrist


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Sigrist

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Marie

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  • O poder do soja no Paraná e o uso de agrotóxicos: um desafio à agroecologia
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Cintrão, Rosângela Pezza; Trivilin, Maria Isabel; Jacobi, Johanna; et al. (2024)
    Cadernos de Agroecologia ~ Anais do XII Congresso Brasileiro de Agroecologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
    Neste trabalho, trazemos resultados preliminares de um estudo de caso sobre a sustentabilidade da soja no Paraná, com foco em alguns mecanismos e dinâmicas de poder que favorecem um maior uso de agrotóxicos e a generalização das sementes transgênicas, criando obstáculos a uma expansão da agroecologia. Entre as assimetrias de poder, destacamos o "poder de enquadramento" das corporações do agronegócio em colocar a produtividade, medida em kg/hectare de monoculturas, como o principal valor, associado à aplicação calendarizada e padronizada de agroquímicos (fertilizantes e agrotóxicos). Para além do "poder de enquadramento" estão presentes mecanismos associados ao "poder de desenho" que favorecem a expansão da soja transgênica. Por outro lado, indicamos processos sociais que buscam se contrapor a este poder, partindo de redes e atores de diferentes perfis, incluindo produtores ditos "sustentáveis" (orgânicos e não orgânicos), empresas privadas e governamentais.
  • Mismatches in the coffee value chain: from basic needs to hedonistic lifestyles—experiences from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Switzerland
    Item type: Journal Article
    Thom, Braida; Sigrist, Marie; Späth, Leonhard; et al. (2025)
    Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
    The coffee value chain (VC) faces several social-ecological challenges. Material resources and value creation are unequally distributed with a higher concentration at the end of the VC, mostly among multinational companies located in the global North. Companies and organizations of the global North dominate discourses and design and apply sustainability initiatives in origin countries, raising questions of legitimacy and impact. For sustainability initiatives to be successful, it may be necessary to involve different actors of the VC in decision-making processes and to better understand their views, needs, and priorities. In this study, we included different standpoints represented in 10 case studies of different coffee VCs to explore what matters for different actors in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Switzerland. We adopted a mixed methods approach and conducted (1) focus group discussions with rural workers, metayers , (a type of sharecropper), farmers, and management/office staff of cooperatives and plantations in Brazil and DRC, (2) interviews with plantation owners and cooperative/company managers in Brazil and DRC, and (3) online surveys with roasters and consumers in Brazil, DRC, and Switzerland. We found a strong mismatch of the different perceptions of the different actors. Farmers strive for a dignified quality of life, plantation owners and cooperative/company managers for better economic conditions, rural workers for better working conditions, roasters for a great drinking experience, and consumers for pleasure and a hedonistic lifestyle. Our findings underline the importance of including diverse standpoints in coffee sustainability efforts, particularly those of rural workers and smallholders.
  • Le travail caféier hors les plantations
    Item type: Journal Article
    Sigrist, Marie; Thom, Braida; Schneider, Gabriela; et al. (2025)
    Anthropologie et Sociétés
    Dans le sud de Minas Gerais, au Brésil, les personnes qui travaillent dans les plantations de café rencontrent plusieurs difficultés socio-environnementales. Pour s’affranchir de ces dernières, tout en continuant à évoluer dans le secteur caféier et rural, de jeunes adultes se spécialisent dans des activités professionnelles de classification-évaluation du café et de barista. À partir d’une ethnographie des personnes travaillant dans le secteur du café dans deux municipalités mineiras, nous analysons les motifs, les pratiques et les enjeux de ces professions de caféologie. Suivant la vague du café de spécialité, les personnes classificatrices-évaluatrices et les baristas s’autonomisent en jouissant d’une renommée locale considérable qui dépasse parfois la sphère non seulement rurale, mais aussi continentale, allant jusqu’à développer leurs activités dans les quartiers embourgeoisés des Nords globaux. Néanmoins, si ces activités s’inscrivent dans une lutte silencieuse contre les défis contemporains du secteur du café, elles sont aussi soumises à l’impact du néolibéralisme sur les systèmes agroalimentaires globaux.
  • Power relations and challenges for organic soy and sustainability transitions in Paraná, Brazil
    Item type: Journal Article
    Pezza Cintrão, Rosângela; Trivilin, Maria Isabel; Sigrist, Marie; et al. (2026)
    The Journal of Peasant Studies
    This study explores power dynamics shaping sustainability transitions in Paraná’s soybean sector. It investigates how different forms of power help or hinder transformations in the soy value chain. Using a typology from polycentric governance and agroecological transition theory, we show how asymmetries across three forms of power constrain organic soy while privileging transgenic seeds and herbicides. Power by design penalises organic farmers facing contamination, while agricultural machines and productivity norms express pragmatic power and framing power linked to external inputs. We also identify social processes challenging dominant power constellations across private and governmental organisations and soy producers.
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