Pluriatividade em famílias da região da campanha gaúcha: um estudo de caso

Abstract

This paper deals with the query of the pluriactivity in the region of Campanha Gaúcha, more specifically in the cities of Dom Pedrito, Bagé and Rosário do Sul The pluriactivity can be understood as the combination of agricultural activities with nonagricultural activities by persons of a same family or have some sort of bond, even this is not necessarily blood. Just simply living in the same property. This research aims to study the role of main pluriactivity, as well as its contribution to rural development. Even within its goals, aims to identify the role of the pluri in the composition of income in families considered in the research. To accomplish this were done case studies with four different families. The interviews were conducted from two questionnaires to households. The first, quantitative, with issues relating to socio-economic data. The second a qualitative questionnaire, refers to perceptions of families in relation to your situation while pluriactive. The interviews were conducted between the months of November 2011 to September 2012. The first family has a production facility in the rural city of Dom Pedrito, working with livestock, and associate other sources of income non-agricultural, such as retirement and renting a property to your total bill. The second family, has an agricultural production unit located in the city of Bagé. In production unit work exclusively with fruit. Perform a combination of sources of nonfarm income as a retirement, coupled with a salary of university professor. The third family has a small core, composed of only three people. Divide their time between work and activities relevant to livestock production within the city of Rosário do Sul, and other professional activities in the urban environment in Dom Pedrito. Finally the fourth family consists of four people and domiciled in Dom Pedrito, has a production unit within the same city. Divide your time / labor between agricultural activities, crafts and trade. After the interviews and household exposure to the concept of pluri that usually confined to academia. It was a perceptive sense of social importance, which they showed to be aware of their roles as agents of social and cultural reproduction.