Área de terra e diversidade produtiva no município de Salvador das Missões – RS

Abstract

The productive diversity in rural properties assumes a primordial role in the economic and social sustentation of the same, especially when it comes to small areas of land. With a wide variety of products available the farmer has the autonomy to decide what should be consumed and what can be destined to commercialization, guaranteeing food security and the possibility of higher incomes. This strategy mainly allows farmers with smaller land area to have a higher quality of life assurance by boosting family succession. The general objective of the work is to verify the productive diversity in the properties of the municipality of Salvador das Missões and to identify the relation of this with the size of the properties. To obtain data, interviews were conducted with 57 rural families from the municipality of Salvador das Missões, RS. The results point to the tendency that as the size of the properties increases, the frequency of grain cultivation increases. And, most properties with a small size of productive area do not cultivate subsistence products.