Rural development and land structure for the Brazilian counties Cantuquiriguaçu and noroeste colonial
Keywords:
Family farming, land concentration, underdevelopment, land reform, agricultural census.Abstract
The objective of this article was to present the land ownership structure of the municipalities Cantuquiriguaçu, in Paraná state, and Noroeste Colonial, in Rio Grande do Sul state, which are part of the Brazilian government program Territórios da Cidadania (Territories of Citizenship). These regions have low development rates and a strong presence of family farming. A bibliographical review was initially conducted on rural development and family farming, since these are themes directly linked to the formation of the land tenure structure. Besides, a brief characterization of the territories is presented, using mainly data from the Brazilian Agricultural Census of 2017. The analysis of secondary data shows that the modernization process of the rural environment in these regions – without agrarian reform – results in a small number of producers who concentrate the highest percentage of land in their hands. The analyzed data shows that both territories endure the impacts of the modernization process, with a large land concentration, despite their high number and percentage of family farmers.
