Feiras de bairro como campo de trabalho e renda para agricultores familiares em Cruz das Almas

Abstract

The great transformations in the commercial scope are considerable, in free fairs, especially in small towns, still represent a privileged space for commercial exchanges and social and cultural relations. In this sense, the object of study in this course completion work are the itinerant fairs in the municipality of Cruz das Almas, Bahia, with its processes and actors identified, for the most part, as family farmers. The choice of this object is justified by the identity of the Management of Cooperatives in which the work is carried out and by the identity of this researcher with the object in focus combined with the need for further studies in this area. A initial problem is directed to investigate: what are the real situations of itinerant free fairs in Cruz das Almas/BA in relation to the generation of work and income for family farmers? And starting from this question, the objectives, where the main thing is: to investigate the limits and potential of free fairs itinerant groups to generate work and income for family farmers and street vendors. It is a study of the current situation and uses a descriptive and qualitative without disregarding important quantitative elements for the analysis focusing on the use of primary sources through semi-structured interviews with nine marketers and family farmers and ten consumers of itinerant fairs in the municipality of Cruz das Almas – BA which operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays in different districts of the city. Contemporary authors are used for the foundation theoretical and results were scored in the sense of identifying the itinerant fair as generator of work and income in order to complement the family income, but with due relevance in this income composition. It is hoped that this work can advance for broader studies, as the object presents gaps in investigations that can be converted into social and economic development for the people involved.