Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Especialização
Estudo da estratégia de reprodução em três assentamentos no município de Dom Pedrito RS
Date
2011-08Author
Fabricio, Luis Fernando Rücker
Institutions
Abstract
Through empirical observation that identifies the families settled, coming predominantly from
the northern half of the state, repeat the production model of the region in the early colonial
years in the settlement. Subsequently, over the years and successive losses of rainfed grain
crops, end up reproducing the matrix of the region's productive campaign.The aim of the
thesis is to study the causes and factors of production matrix conversion occurred in three
settlements in the municipality of Don Pedrito - RS. The initial hypothesis is that the process
of restructuring of production has relevance in the settlements Alto Alegre, New Upacaraí
and Vista. The work is constituted as a case study, based on documental analysis and semistructured
interviews with three families settled, one in each settlement quoted. Documentary
analysis found that 100% of the plots of the three settlements systems work with beef cattle
and 36 families have as their main source of income in the beef cattle or milk. Families were
selected from the original list of beneficiaries of the settlement or are more than 15 years
settled in the city, which have originated in the northern half of the state and working with
livestock production systems.The study shows that the region of Rio Grande do Sul
campaign has different structural and environmental conditions. As a result, the interviews
have identified that the process of productive restructuring of settlers was caused by the
region's environmental conditions (climate, soil, topography and vegetation) and lack of local
infrastructure and regional (roads and market access) . The motivation of families to the
production of beef cattle are the safety and low risk activity, given this to be the best
technical and economic conditions in a sustainable way of settlement and region. To support
families and ensure the social reproduction, the respondents sought ways to increase the
area explored, due to the small size of the lots in the three settlements and the need for
larger scale production to compensate for the low economic profitability of beef cattle. In the
history of past migrations occurred in the region, such as the installation of Trigolândia in
1925, the Cologne New Cologne Salvador in 1950 and the Garden in 1964, it is clear that
there was the same process of adaptation of settlers to the regional agroecosystem. Different
times, different backgrounds, different cultures, different religions, different constitutive forms,
similar cases. Depending on the evidence presented, we suggest different strategies of land
reform campaign in Gaucho. Appropriate sizes of lots and prioritization of families in the
region are important factors for the installation of different models of settlements in the
Campaign Gaucho.