O empoderamento familiar a partir das hortas orgânicas: o caso do assentamento Filhos de Sepé - Viamão/RS

Abstract

From an analysis of the Brazilian land ownership, it is clear that there is large concentration of land and income in rural areas of the country. In contrast to this situation, social movements struggling for land seek alternatives that enable the reproduction of family farming through the settlements of land form reform. However, settled families do not always achieve sufficient autonomy to improve their quality of life. This work brings, in this sense, an analysis of the productive organization adopted by the movement and the settled families in seeking empowerment and environmental sustainability. To this end, it was we built a theoretical framework about the themes treated aiming aid the analysis of data collected during field work, from direct observations, informal conversations and semi-structured interviews, beyond to living for two years in community-time this specialization. It became apparent that the productive activity of organic vegetable, engendered by the productive organization of settled families has contributed to their empowerment, enabling better quality of life and social inclusion in different spheres. The work shows different perspectives of family socio-productive organization, as well as various forms of empowerment.