FETASE

Name

FETASE

Legal name

Federação dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares do Estado de Sergipe

Website

https://fetase.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Union Federation

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGALAL

Fair Trade & Ethical Supply Chains (Certification, Traceability, Producer Support)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Enterprises & Impact Organizations

Keywords

• Labor union federation
• Rural workers representation
• Family farmer advocacy
• Agricultural policy advocacy
• Rural worker training

Headquarters

HQ city

Aracaju

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union membership contributions: As a second-level trade union federation, FETASE generates revenue through membership contributions from its 72 affiliated rural worker syndicates (Sindicatos de Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras Rurais - STTRs). These syndicates represent rural workers and family farmers who pay union dues, which are then allocated to state and national confederations.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FETASE is a second-level trade union federation (federação sindical) representing rural workers and family farmers in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. Founded in 1962, it operates through a network of 5 regional union poles organizing 72 affiliated syndicates that collectively represent approximately 250,000 family farmers. The federation delivers collective representation in collective bargaining, social security rights advocacy, access to agricultural public policies, rural development support, and training programs such as the Jovem Saber youth education initiative.

Product overview

FETASE is a second-level labor union federation representing approximately 250,000 family farmers across 72 affiliated unions in Sergipe, Brazil. The organization provides union representation, advocacy, and support services for rural workers. Its core offerings include the Jovem Saber youth training program with 40 groups (297 participants), the PADRSS sustainable rural development policy framework, organizational coordination through five geographic union poles, and participation in ENFOC educational programs. The federation operates as a class-based union organization focused on agricultural policy advocacy, social services, and rural worker rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jovem Saber Youth training program that capacitates young rural workers through two axes: Professional Training (sustainable local development, education, agroecology) and Political Union Training (union history, planning, gender, organization). The program has 40 groups with 297 young rural workers being trained across the state of Sergipe.

Quantifiable outcome

• Agricultural production: 96% of cassava, 95% of beans, 78% of rice in Sergipe produced by family farmers

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• CONTAG (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational confederation of agricultural workers to which FETASE is affiliated as a second-level union federation. CONTAG provides organizational guidance, national policy coordination, and represents Brazilian rural workers internationally. The President of CONTAG (Aristides Santos) presided over the inauguration of FETASE's 2024-2028 board.
• Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária)supportingTechnology or IntegrationBrazilian agricultural research corporation contributing to agricultural development initiatives. Participated in FETASE events and initiatives supporting family agriculture.
• INCRA (Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agency responsible for land reform and rural settlement. Collaborates with FETASE on agrarian reform policies and land access programs.
• INSS (Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational social security institute. FETASE maintains ongoing dialogue with INSS regarding rural workers' pension rights, retirement age requirements (55 years for women, 60 years for men rural workers), and INSS Digital adoption by affiliated syndicates.
• SEAGRI/SE (Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Agrário e da Pesca)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agricultural secretariat of Sergipe. Coordinates with FETASE on agricultural policies, rural development programs, and credit fund operations including UTE Crédito Fundiário.
• SEIDS/SE (Secretaria de Estado da Inclusão e Desenvolvimento Social)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerState secretariat for inclusion and social development in Sergipe. Committed to strengthening family agriculture and expanding farmers' markets with focus on organic production.
• SPM/SE (Secretaria de Estado de Políticas para Mulheres)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerState women's policy secretariat. Collaborates with FETASE on women's rural workers' rights and gender equality in agriculture.
• PRONESE (Pró-Natureza de Sergipe)Strategic or Co-development PartnerState environmental agency working on rural environmental licensing and land credit programs. Coordinates with FETASE on environmental compliance for agrarian reform settlements.
• CTB (Central dos Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras do Brasil)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational workers' central union organization. CTB's vice-president participates in FETASE activities and training programs.
• MSTTR (Movimento Sindical de Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras Rurais)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational rural workers' union movement structure of which FETASE is part. Coordinates collective bargaining, policy advocacy, and training through CONTAG.
• ENFOC (Escola Nacional de Formação da CONTAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational training school for CONTAG providing political-syndical education programs. Conducts regional courses in Nordeste including modules hosted by FETASE in Sergipe with over 70 participants.
• CENTRESIR (Centro de Treinamento Sindical Rural)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRural union training center in São Cristóvão, Sergipe. Venue for FETASE board inaugurations, training programs, and state congresses.
• Deputado Estadual Paulo Júnior (PV/ALESE)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerState legislator who proposed and presided over the special legislative session commemorating FETASE's 62nd anniversary at the Sergipe Legislative Assembly.
• Deputada Estadual Linda Brasil (PSOL)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerState legislator participating in FETASE commemorative events and advocating for family agriculture in the legislature.
• Deputado Federal João Daniel (PT)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerFederal legislator representing Sergipe who participated in FETASE events and advocacy for rural workers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• La Vía Campesina: International peasant movement coordinating small-scale farmer, rural worker, and indigenous organizations across more than 80 countries. Conceptually comparable to FETASE through shared mission of supporting family farmers, food sovereignty, and agrarian reform, though operating internationally and coordinating diverse national affiliates.
• OCB (Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras): Brazilian Organization of Cooperatives—the national body representing agricultural and other cooperatives. Comparable in non-profit federated structure serving agricultural producers, though organized around cooperative ownership rather than union representation, and often serves overlapping family-farmer constituencies.

Regional players

• FETAG-RS (Federação dos Trabalhadores Rurais do Rio Grande do Sul): State-level labor federation for rural workers in Rio Grande do Sul—another direct functional analogue to FETASE, representing family farmers and rural workers through affiliated unions, but in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul rather than Sergipe.
• FETAEP (Federação dos Trabalhadores Rurais do Estado do Paraná): State-level labor federation for rural workers in Paraná—a direct functional analogue to FETASE with the same union structure, membership base, and advocacy mission, but operating in a different Brazilian state (Paraná in the South region vs. Sergipe in the Northeast).

Broad incumbents

• CONTAG (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura): National Confederation of Agricultural Workers in Brazil—the apex body to which FETASE is affiliated as a second-level union federation. CONTAG provides national policy coordination, training infrastructure (ENFOC), and international representation; directly comparable as the parent federated labor organization in the same MSTTR movement.
• CNA (Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil): National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock—the dominant representative body for medium and large commercial agricultural producers in Brazil. Operates in the same agricultural sector as FETASE but represents the opposing commercial farmer constituency rather than family farmers and rural workers.

Direct peers

• MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra): Landless Rural Workers' Movement—a major Brazilian social movement advocating for agrarian reform, land occupation, and family farmer rights. Directly comparable in mission and constituency (rural workers, land reform), though organized as a social movement rather than a formal union federation, and often aligned with FETASE on policy campaigns.
• FETRAF Brasil: National Federation of Family Farming and Workers—a parallel federation structure also representing family farmers and rural workers in Brazil, with state-level affiliates operating in the same domain as FETASE. Closely comparable in constituency and class-based union mission, though organized independently of the CONTAG system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCOcwsIEtCUlJhsEHEq_QSUQ
• Instagraminstagram.com/fetaseoficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/fetaseoficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fetase

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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