Feiras e desenvolvimento: impactos de feiras livres do comércio urbano no Jequitinhonha

Abstract

The Jequitinhonha free trade fairs are of great regional importance. As well as being able to supply with local quality and food of the local population, they also contribute with local economy. The rents generated by the fairs have as main destination the urban commerce. This type of economic indicator often goes unnoticed by municipal bodies, with little attention and incentives. This research, through a qualitative approach, aimed to detect the impacts that the fairs cause in urban commerce, with the participation of 41 fairs and 40 establishments in commerce. There is a relation of the sale of agricultural products in the fairs, occurring in three agents: sellers of fairs, who make purchases in the urban commerce after the fairs; consumers and merchants, who buy products from the fairs. In addition, it was noted that tradesmen usually have solidarity, in addition to marketing products from third parties, they also allocate part of their surplus of fairs to donations in the urban environment.