The pluriactivity as the family farmer social reproduction strategy at Pirituba II Farm rural settlement / A pluriatividade como estrategia de reprodução social do agricultor familiar no projeto de assentamento rural Fazenda Pirituba II

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

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The pluriactivity consists in non-agricultural and agricultural activities that are developed by the family farmers and its members. This study sought to understand pluriactivity as a social process arising from the continuously constructed relationships by different social actors, among which the family farmer. Among the problems faced by family farmers, especially farmers and settlers in Pirituba II Farm, income generation and new occupations are two of the issues that also worry the families nowadays. In response to that, they develop and practice several strategies that result in agriculture and pluriactivity activities. Given the agricultural historical devaluation by the capitalism development in the countryside, and particularly family farming, it is stated that pluriactivity is an alternative strategy that enables employment and income generation for family farmers, assuring their social and economic reproduction. In addition, the pluriactivity is expressed due to a habitus, or, the family farmer s sociocultural background. Following from this hypothesis, this work seeks to understand and explain the processes that would be occurring within these families and community. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the pluriactivity as strategy to the economic and social reproduction of the family farmers from Pirituba II Farm rural settlement, in the municipalities of Itapeva and Itaberá, São Paulo State. The methodological procedures consisted in interviewing a group of thirty-two families settled, as well as, other local actors. The idea of habitus and field of Bourdieu was applied to analyze the social processes in progress. The results have shown that agriculture remains the main activity in terms of labor occupation. At the same time, pluriactivity is expanding in settlement areas and within families and it is expressed in several different non-agricultural activities, inside and outside the productive unit. It was concluded that pluriactivity is expressed due to a habitus, that is, farmers capability to adapt and respond to internal and external factors that affect their reproduction. The social processes that engender the pluriactivity present an ambiguous character in family farmers social reproduction, contributing to the group reproduction at the same time depriving this way of life to some of its members. And even assuming the non-agricultural practices, agriculture retains its importance and time dedication of the families

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desenvolvimento rural rural youth rural settlement assentamentos rurais rural employment agricultura familiar rural development juventude rural family farming trabalho rural

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