Joel Orlando Bevilaqua Marin

Agricultura Familiar e Agroindústria Canavieira: impasses sociais

Agroenergetic Policies for the production of biofuels is presented under the assumptions of sustainable development. The ethanol fuel, produced from sugarcane, appears as a more viable alternative, which stimulates growth of new processes and spatial distribution of the sugarcane production. Goias state is one of the main routes of expansion of the sugarcane. This article aims to understand the contradictions of the social issues within the official discourse of the National Plan of Agroenergy and the impacts associated with the expansion of sugarcane monoculture in regions of predominance of family farming. The development of the theme is based on a case study, conducted in Itapuranga city (Goias state), using a qualitative approach and combining the techniques of literature search, observation and interviews. It was found that these policies helped to transform the social context of Itapuranga and cause considerable changes in the organizational dynamics of family farmers.

O problema do trabalho infantil na agricultura familiar: o caso da produção de tabaco em Agudo-RS

The aim of this paper is to analyze the emergence of the child labor problem in tobacco growing in Agudo (Rio Grande do Sul state), triggered by the promulgation of Act 6.481/2008, which addresses the worst child labor conditions. The methodological procedures used were the literature review, desk research and a case study, conducted in the municipality of Agudo. In the case study, we have tried to obtain quantitative and qualitative data through questionnaires and open interviews directed to 27 tobacco growers, and with teenagers and children under 18 years old. The survey results indicate the existence of a clash between different conceptions of child labor in small scale family farmers. The legal devices, the commitment terms and the tobacco supply chain contracts forbid child labor below the age of 18 based on international agreements and regulations which guarantee childhood development. From the perspective of the families, child labor is understood as “help†and a way of socialization and training of the inheritor. Therefore, parents do not agree that child labor is a perverse form of labor exploitation of their children.

A rede política canavieira e seus recursos de poder em Goiás

In this article, the sugar cane political network in the Goias State, Brazil, focusing on the power resources of its agents and on the informational asymmetry originated from contractual agreements, is analyzed. The field data were acquired via a combination of semi-structured interviews and documental research. The sugar cane agribusiness holds resources of economic, political, technological, and legal power, which generate informational asymmetries in the sugar cane production chain, in the Goias State. The informational asymmetry makes it difficult to fulfill agrarian agreements, as well as suppliers and their organizations demands.

Crédito juvenil: a construção social da juventude rural moderna

O artigo analisa processos de construcao social da juventude rural moderna a partir de uma experiencia pioneira de credito agricola para jovens rurais, instituida no final da decada de 1950. Os dados da pesquisa foram obtidos pela combinacao de pesquisa documental e bibliografica. O Credito Juvenil, articulado com os servicos de extensao rural e os clubes de jovens rurais, foi um instrumento para insercao da juventude rural nos processos de modernizacao da agricultura brasileira e para a producao de referencias modelares para jovens rurais modernos. Conclui-se que a politica de credito agricola para jovens foi um investimento para a construcao social de uma juventude rural moderna no Brasil.

Mobilidades geográfico-profissionais de duas gerações de agricultores familiares assentados na Amazônia oriental

A mobilidade social de agricultores familiares em areas de frentes pioneiras da Amazonia, durante muitos anos, esteve associada a migracao geografica, em busca de uma terra para trabalhar. O afastamento cada vez mais importante das terras, a modernizacao do comportamento dos jovens e o aumento do nivel medio de estudo implicaram mudancas importantes nestas estrategias, uma vez que os agricultores preferem atingir a mobilidade social por meio dos estudos escolares e da migracao para a cidade. Se esses dados sao conhecidos, a quantificacao do fenomeno (em particular, com questionarios biograficos) no caso de tres assentamentos da Amazonia oriental e a diferenciacao interna ao grupo dos agricultores (segundo o tipo de familia e o lugar de moradia) constituem as principais inovacoes deste artigo.

Contratos de fornecimento de cana-de-açúcar: as assimetrias de poder entre os agentes

O objetivo deste artigo e analisar os contratos firmados entre as agroindustrias canavieiras e agricultores fornecedores de cana para a obtencao de materia-prima, a partir de um estudo de caso realizado em Goias. Conclui-se que as agroindustrias detem o poder de informacoes, gerando assimetrias nas relacoes sociais, o que obriga os fornecedores a aceitarem as imposicoes das agroindustrias canavieiras e permanecerem integrados a elas, por falta de melhores alternativas de insercao economica.The aim of this work is to analyze the agreements dealt between the sugar-cane agribusiness and the sugar-cane suppliers for raw material supply based upon a case study in Goiás State, Brazil. The conclusion is that the sugar-cane agribusiness keeps the control on the information producing asymmetry in the social relationship forcing the raw material suppliers to accept its impositions keeping them linked to its interest due to absence of better economical options.

Suggar-cane supply agreement: the power asymmetry betweem agents

O objetivo deste artigo e analisar os contratos firmados entre as agroindustrias canavieiras e agricultores fornecedores de cana para a obtencao de materia-prima, a partir de um estudo de caso realizado em Goias. Conclui-se que as agroindustrias detem o poder de informacoes, gerando assimetrias nas relacoes sociais, o que obriga os fornecedores a aceitarem as imposicoes das agroindustrias canavieiras e permanecerem integrados a elas, por falta de melhores alternativas de insercao economica.The aim of this work is to analyze the agreements dealt between the sugar-cane agribusiness and the sugar-cane suppliers for raw material supply based upon a case study in Goiás State, Brazil. The conclusion is that the sugar-cane agribusiness keeps the control on the information producing asymmetry in the social relationship forcing the raw material suppliers to accept its impositions keeping them linked to its interest due to absence of better economical options.

Contratos de suministro de azúcar de caña: la asimetría de poder entre los agentes

O objetivo deste artigo e analisar os contratos firmados entre as agroindustrias canavieiras e agricultores fornecedores de cana para a obtencao de materia-prima, a partir de um estudo de caso realizado em Goias. Conclui-se que as agroindustrias detem o poder de informacoes, gerando assimetrias nas relacoes sociais, o que obriga os fornecedores a aceitarem as imposicoes das agroindustrias canavieiras e permanecerem integrados a elas, por falta de melhores alternativas de insercao economica.The aim of this work is to analyze the agreements dealt between the sugar-cane agribusiness and the sugar-cane suppliers for raw material supply based upon a case study in Goiás State, Brazil. The conclusion is that the sugar-cane agribusiness keeps the control on the information producing asymmetry in the social relationship forcing the raw material suppliers to accept its impositions keeping them linked to its interest due to absence of better economical options.

Problemas ambientais desencadeados pelo Plano Nacional de Agroenergia: o caso de Itapuranga, Goiás

O artigo analisa as contradicoes entre os discursos oficias que legitimam a politica nacional agroenergetica e os problemas ambientais desencadeados pela expansao da monocultura canavieira em territorios de agricultura familiar. O estudo de caso foi realizado no municipio goiano de Itapuranga, combinando pesquisa documental, bibliografica e entrevistas. Conclui-se que a politica agroenergetica agravou os problemas ambientais em Itapuranga e provocou alteracoes nas relacoes sociedade e natureza.