The formalization of Rural Family Farming (RFF) is understood here as a complex process‟, because it is suit industry standards an activity that once served as household value and whose features handmade become valued by ...

Since the second half of the twentieth century there was been the emergence and the introduction of participatory discourses at the socio-institutional organizations dedicated to development, however a particular way to ...

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 growing demand for food leads to a process of intensification in the livestock production, which can result in environmental problems if the residues are not managed correctly. The interaction between the intensive ...

The objective of this thesis was to examine the experiences with creole seeds as a resistance movement and to verify the cultural and symbolic significates associated with those seeds, mobilized for the transformation of ...

The diverses transformations that have been ocurring in ecosystems, and the search for strategies in order to attempt to achieve an environmentally sustainable and economically viable production system are becoming ...

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 study of social representations at the patron saints parties of the Quarta Colônia in the center of the state of Rio Grande do Sul shows that in the territorial perspective of development, cultural and identity ...

In the Pampa biome, the increase of cultivated areas of soybeans occurs over areas previously destined for animal production, being introduced in systems of production of the family livestock, driven by the profitability ...

This thesis aim to understand the PNAE (Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar) implementation process in Santiago-RS from 2009, identifying the strategies and the process triggered by the action of local social actors, ...