A lógica de funcionamento dos sistemas de produção familiar

Abstract

Family agriculture is the interest of several studies due to its economic and social importance in food production and the protagonism of rural development, however, the continuity of production units, and the consequent family succession have become a challenge to be achieved. Given this, the objective of this work is to understand the operating logic of family production systems. based on work organization and continuity strategies of the Family Production Unit (UPF). Methodologically, it will be taken as reference data of the characterization already carried out by the Extension Project “The organization of work and its impacts on family farming production systems (SPFs)”. This is a study based on quantitative and qualitative approaches. whose main categories of analysis were the family nucleus, work and its means of production. To carry out this work, from this Project, the variables work and income were selected The main results pointed out that the logic of the production systems operation is referenced in the reach of the quality of life in the family unit, which represents not only success in the productive activity, but also more subjective aspects. But, objectively, income was identified as an important factor in motivating the farmer to stay in the UPF and to continue the activity in the field. The work also pointed out that the centralization of work makes activities laborious and painful, decreasing the farmer's quality of life, and consequently becoming I wish to abandon agricultural activity and the countryside. The characterization of the SPFs was fundamental to know the social and economic reality in relation to the organization of work, management and its results. It was concluded that the factors determined to analyze the viability and continuity of UPFs, when combined, suggest that group 5 has greater viability, thus, greater chance of continuity. of productive activities, which does not necessarily mean that this does not depend on other factors, such as the valuation of the field, among others, based on subjective aspects as well.