As distintas estratégias adotadas pelas famílias beneficiárias do assentamento Filhos de Sepé para garantir sua reprodução social

Abstract

In the context of historical marginalization that family farming is put, the (the) farmers (the) family constantly adopt different strategies to ensure their social reproduction, is diversifying agricultural production as well as adding other income, working with non-agricultural activities. An interesting mechanism that many families adopt is to consort agricultural activities with non-agricultural, which has been called pluriactivity. There are several factors driving the choice of these strategies, and it can be said that there is no general rule for this decision-making process. This decision-making process is closely linked with the future of public decisions can indicate a strengthening of family farming, or abandonment of agricultural activities. Therefore, this work aims to study the different forms encountered by families settled in Viamão-RS to ensure their social reproduction, giving a greater focus to analyzing the families characterized as pluriactive, being more numerous in the settlement. The results of the study point to a preference among families diversification strategy in obtaining the source of income through pluriactivity, but it is very important to maintain agricultural income of these families. In conclusion, agriculture is still one of the main activities that move the settlement economy, but also other income has helped the social reproduction assurance process these families.