Banca de DEFESA: ALINE EDILANE RIBEIRO DE CASTRO

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STUDENT : ALINE EDILANE RIBEIRO DE CASTRO
DATE: 26/05/2025
TIME: 20:00
LOCAL: Remota
TITLE:

FAMILY FARMING AND SOCIAL (RE)PRODUCTION IN THE AMAZON: AN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF URUPA, RONDONIA

KEY WORDS:

Sociospatial Formation; Territory; SocioTerritoriality; Amazônia; Family Farming; Urupá; Rondônia

PAGES: 152
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUBÁREA: Geografia Humana
SPECIALTY: Geografia Agrária
SUMMARY:

The agricultural colonization policies implemented in the Amazon during the 1970s brought significant transformations to the territory of Rondonia, particularly in the municipality of Urupa. Under state management, these policies were designed to promote the occupation of the region by linking the exploitation of its economic potential to the integration of the Amazonian space into the national development project. As a result, intense interregional migratory flows were recorded, directly influencing the land tenure structure, the diversification of economic activities, and the socio-spatial formation of the territory. This research aimed to analyze the processes of socio-spatial formation and agrarian structuring in the municipality of Urupa (RO), seeking to understand the articulation between state-led colonization policies, territorialization dynamics, and the establishment of family farming in the context of the Western Amazon. To this end, the study examined forms of territorial occupation, the productive activities developed therein, and their associated socio-environmental impacts. The analysis was based on social, economic, and environmental indicators provided by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), and was guided by the theoretical category of socio-spatial formation, as proposed by Santos (1977). The research adopted a qualitative and exploratory approach, involving a literature review, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews with family farmers and long-term residents of the region. Photographic records, images, and maps were also used to capture the meanings attributed to the territory and the transformations experienced over time. The results reveal a dynamic and contradictory process of socio-spatial reproduction of family farming, initially marked by the occupation of lots allocated through colonization projects, and subsequently by differentiated productive cycles — ranging from food crop cultivation to the expansion of livestock farming and, more recently, cacao production. A decline in certain traditional agricultural activities was also observed, associated with weakened public policies and the reorganization of the local productive base. At the institutional level, the territory of Urupa evolved from a colonization project to a district, and later to a municipality, reflecting not only administrative advancement but also political and social transformations in spatial organization. These processes led to intense changes in the landscape — particularly in the elements of population, land, and forest — highlighting the complexity of historical and socioeconomic dynamics shaped by colonization incentives, land distribution, and other territorial ordering strategies that, over the decades, molded the socio-spatial configuration of the municipality of Urupa.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.978.969-** - NILSON CESAR FRAGA - UFPR
Interna - 1057610 - LUCIANA RICA MOURAO BORGES
Interna - 2666681 - MARIA MADALENA DE AGUIAR CAVALCANTE
Externo à Instituição - FERNANDO LUIZ ARAUJO SOBRINHO - UnB
Externa à Instituição - VANESSA MARIA LUDKA - UENP