A produção de soja transgênica em assentamentos da campanha do RS e as implicações para a autonomia dos agricultores

Abstract

This study aims to describe the advancement of transgenic soy in the Candiota, RS, settlements, the farmers motivations and strategies to including himself in soybean chain and evaluate its implications for autonomy. The research took place from the literature review, secondary data analysis and interviews, that enabled us to identify that farmers are entering recently in soybean chain,usually by groups formation and have economic motivations, what makes possible the cultivation of larger areas that have individually on the Use Concession Agreement. While availing various strategies to minimize dependence external resources and tend as far as possible face the logic of domination imposed by large specialized companies (conduct joint effort to make their crops and the selection of own seeds, for instance), getting clear, in most cases, this growing implies greater dependence and vulnerability of the farmers.