A formação e organização do grupo gestor do arroz orgânico nos assentamentos de reforma agrária no RS

Abstract

This study aims to analise the role of the Manager Group in the transition process of the organic rice cultivation in the land reform settlements in Rio Grande do Sul. The Manager Group of Organic Rice has been a successful experience due to the current theoretical economic cooperation and the new organizational processes proposed by the Movement of Landless Workers (MST) in the development of commercialization and entry into new markets. The study was conducted based on the experience of the Manager Group in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre where the group is consolidated and in different situations in the new settlements in RS, where the process of organization is recent. The study used different information sources, which are focused on the techniques of observation and interviews, as well as the participation in meetings and trainings with the families and institutions involved in this process of formation. The results indicate that the Manager Group has been an important tool considering the processes of economic and social cooperation, and the dynamics used has given the peasant families new perspectives regarding the organization. The new form of organization made some relations closer as well as made the deconstruction of some conflicts possible, even though some groups represent different opinions, strategies punctuated by the Manager Group and the institutions that support the credit policies and government programs in enhancing the cooperative work. The Group emerged as a consistent alternative, represented by all the instances that comprise the basis of the settlement, the region and the executive of the Movement. The purposes that the organization takes concerning the work, the new matrix of production, relationships, partnerships, and technical assistance have guaranteed the strength and the organicity of the new settlements, as well as involved on the construction of policies of agricultural and rural development.