Rompendo preconceitos: a realidade dos assentamentos no Município de Julio de Castilhos-RS

Abstract

Agrarian reform is always at the center of debates on the agrarian question. As a result, the objective was to analyze the productivity and social and economic contribution of Agrarian Reform settlements located in the municipality of Júlio de Castilhos-RS. Based on data from the Economic Federation and Statistics (FEE) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipal agricultural production was analyzed. The agricultural production of the settlements was analyzed based on data from the Integrated Management System for Rural Management ATES / ATER (SIGRA). Since the 1990s, municipal productive diversity has gained ground with the implementation of three rural settlements that together represent 3.10% of the municipal agricultural area, which contribute 4.31% of the municipal agricultural production. There were also transformations in the social dynamics, since there are 761 people producing and, at the same time, consuming in the local commerce. Thus, settlements, besides bringing life to rural areas, also bring income and employment, since the number of persons occupied per hectare in the rural area is 88.88% higher than traditional agriculture.