Uso do território e vulnerabilidades: produção agroindustrial de carnes e a especialização produtiva do milho no oeste de Santa Catarina - 2000 a 2020

Abstract

This research debates corn production in recent years in the South region of Brazil and the relationship of this production with meat agroindustry sites installed at the referred region. This research has qualitative and quantitative bases, and it is grounded on historical dialectic materialism, considering it analyses present history, hemogenic and counter­hemogenic forces, as well as contradictions present in the territory resulting from practices and behaviors of the producing agents of this space. The dissertation is structured in four chapters, with the first chapter analyzing corn production in national and worldwide levels, as well as significative events that impacted directly or indirectly the Brazilian agrobusiness. The second chapter aims to discuss corporative use of territory through the influence that agrobusiness and cooperatives in the meat sector have in the region of study and the used territory, observing the presence and expression that familiar agriculture has in the territory. In the third chapter, there is discussion of the productive dynamic of corn at regional level, of the specificities and public policies that support rural producers. The fourth chapter addresses the vulnerabilities and supply crises. To theoretically base this dissertation, many authors were used, such as: Santos (2000, 2001), Frederico (2008), Castillo (2008), Elias (2011). As a result, it was possible to identify that familiar agriculture has great relevance in the land structure and production of many commodities in the South region of Brazil, as well as that agrobusiness sites and cooperatives related to the meat and grain section utilize the territory and seek competitive advantages. At last, it’s verified that the vulnerabilities of a territory and of the society that composes it are directly related to how specialized the region reveals itself to be.