A PROPOSAL FOR BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP OF FARMERS WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND GOVERNMENT IN MOLDOVA

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Family farming employs 10 million people in Brazil in the countryside, small farmers contribute R$ 131.7 billion in the Brazilian Gross Production Value, according to the IBGE. In Moldova, the agricultural sector is in a critical situation and Brazil can learn a lot with the problem and the solution presented in this work. The recent situation created by the rising cost of non-renewable energy sources and their derivatives makes it necessary to re-examine the agricultural practices in Moldova. It is time to move quickly to the biodynamic cooperative model of agriculture. Cooperatives improve the loan exchange of inputs and machinery, help improve education, reduce family poverty and information redundancy due to the creation of a mutual knowledge base and a high level of trust between members. Providing a new perspective to the existing literature, this paper presents a Culture - Knowledge - Intelligence - CKI model that explains the impact of culture on knowledge and intelligence. The study concludes that culture change is necessary for small farmers to become open to learn modern agricultural practices and business language.