Questão agrária e a importância da produção de alimentos em Irará: um olhar a partir da Associação Quilombola da Comunidade Tradicional Tapera Melão

Abstract

This study analyzes, in the context of the agrarian question, the importance of food production in Irará, as an alternative for income generation and family subsistence, especially in traditional communities. In the municipality, the production and processing of food are traditional territories, which the securitization and regularization of characterizes the historical struggle for permanence in traditional territories. As the locus of field research, we list the Quilombola Association of Rural Producers of Tapera Melão and seek to understand how its actions to raise awareness and awareness of territorial rights, contribute to the development of the community, with emphasis on food production. Field method researched as research base to research, community bibliography and interviews with community members. results obtained through the choice of land of the productive model and ways of improvement of understanding about the tenure and property.