Pandemia Covid-19 nas cooperativas agropecuárias na Bahia

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural coopera-tives in the state of Bahia in 2020. The research is based on the historical analysis of cooper tivism in the world and in Brazil, from the economic, legal, political perspectives and social. Parallel to the references on the cooperative system, an approach is made to a COVID-19 pandemic, its concept, an initial landmark in the world, and scope in Brazil and in the state of Bahia. The work presents a brief profile of selected cooperatives and the impacts caused by the pandemic on their commercial relations, according to their specificities in the historical, regional, cultural and socioeconomic aspects. For this purpose, a multiple case study was car-ried out, which investigated four different cooperatives, with different main activities, as well as the identity territory. Although most cooperatives have declared to feel the negative acts of the pandemic, there are asymmetries by region, by product sold, relationship with the producer and the crop. The information provided reinforces the importance of expanding research with socioeconomic parameters and indicators on other cooperatives in the state and in Brazil.