A CONSOLIDAÇÃO DA EMPRESA AGRÍCOLA DA CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR EM ITAPACI/GO: impactos socioeconômicos, na família dos pequenos proprietários rurais.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to discuss the cultural impacts on the families of farmers in relation to the consolidation of the Agricultural Company of Sugar Cane. The sugar cane industry in Brazil historically supports the centralization of land and capital, with a trend of technological improvements that holds and excludes the human workforce. The household production in turn, plays a key role in delivering the products that make the bulk of the basic needs of low income families, contributing to the exports of agricultural products, which enhances and diversifies the human and environmental resources. In this context, it is thought that the cultivation of sugar cane in this micro region broke the routine of farmers, giving these families no chance to establish themselves in accordance with the requirements of the city way of life. In this context, trough a on the spot interview, the backgrounds of fifteen families were built from the ground up , and all these farmers leased land to the Vale Verde Mill. The data were analyzed from a dialectics point of view, which considers the relationship between subjects and informants. These interviews uncovered the core and the values of the native culture, showing the changes that occur because of the migration from the countryside to the cities. Therefore this research shows the social, cultural and economic impacts of the implementation of the sugarethanol industry in this area.