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Análise socioeconômica da produção de batata nos municípios de Sanlúcar de Barrameda / Espanha e São Lourenço do Sul / Brasil
2012; Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal; Volume: 35; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.19084/rca.16168
ISSN2183-041X
AutoresLírio José Reichert, Mamen Cuéllar Padilla, Mário Conill Gomes, Rubén Sánchez Cáceres,
Tópico(s)Rural Development and Agriculture
ResumoThe municipalities of Sanlucar de Barrameda/Cadiz in Andaluzia/Spain and Sao Lourenco do Sul/Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, have in common a food producer family farm based-economy, among them potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). This crop is a socioeconomic and cultural development factor in both municipalities, considering that it is practiced by small farmers and their descendants that settled those areas. The study was motivated by an academic exchange, and had the objective of analyzing the respective production systems developed by farmers. Difficulties, challenges, production costs and alternatives to overcome them were assessed. To carry it out we used structured interviews with managers, technicians and farmers from both locations. In Sao Lourenco do Sul, twenty ecological potato growers were interviewed; ten non-ecological potato growing-families in Sanlucar were also interviewed. We noticed that the habit of growing, family work and cooperative organization are a common initiative in both locations, although they use different systems of growing. We also found that both groups face technological, economic and environmental difficulties, but supported by processes of social articulation they are seeking alternatives to overcome them and providing conditions for potato growing.
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