Trabalho e ruralidade: os produtos alimentícios de qualidade e o Agronegócio Brasileiro

Abstract

The present conclusion work aims to outline an exploratory sociological framework about work and rurality in a way that allows us to have instruments to understand, with an emphasis on quality food products in Rio Grande do Sul, the impacts of the productive mode of agribusiness on conditions of rural work in Brazil. The methodology consists of relating the theoretical bibliography and empirical activities of field trips and interviews carried out with the group Labor, Agriculture and Social Movements (TRAMAS – UFSM) and also with the project Reconfigurations in Unionism and Rural Work. To this end, we first outline some aspects of the process of modernity that inaugurates social sciences as society's reflection on itself, examining the category of work and the relationship between countryside and city in some works by Karl Marx. Next, the debate on rurality in relation to the peasantry is briefly discussed, problematizing its relationship with economic alternatives for market competitiveness. Afterwards, we will understand the role of Geographical Indication in regulating quality products and the problems of expanding the standardization of these products, making some general notes about agribusiness in its political, economic and social dimensions. The results show that rural working conditions do not improve even if the production model for quality is innovated and the role of unions and social movements is increasingly important in trying to solve the resulting problems.