This study had as objective to understand bachelordom in family farming of Alegrete, in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. It is a case study with the emphasis on life stories of six bachelor farmers through semi-structured ...

Since the development of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension National Policy (Pnater) in 2004, it can be observed that subsequent extension policies shows both theoretical and methodological ambiguities, distortions ...

This study focuses on the themes of work identity and pluriactivity. The phenomenon of pluriactivity in rural areas is characterized by the combination of one or more economic activities, besides agriculture, carried out ...

The general objective of this work is to understand the constructions of processes of diversifications of livelihoods in family tobacco farming, through the examination of the resources used and the multiple relationships ...

The Brazilian landholding is an issue not solved yet. The owning of the land is centered, what blocks the access by several farmers with few or no land. The Agrarian Credit (AC) is a public policy that, by financing, ...

A new economic dynamic gives rise to a scenario in the brazilian and uruguayan Pampa, a rural without producers, taken by agribusiness products (soybean or forestry in this case). A rural where the landscape has lost its ...

In this thesis, I analyze the processes of social construction concerning suicide of family tobacco farmers at Vale do Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, especially regarding the interference of family members, ...