Reforma agrária na Amazônia?: avaliação do II Plano Nacional de Reforma Agrária no território rural do Baixo Tocantins – PA

Abstract

This research aimed to make an assessment of New Settlements Programme II contained in the National Plan of Agrarian Reform. The spatial area was the Territory Rural Lower Tocantins from Araxiteua Settlement, located in the municipality of Acará - northeastern State of Pará The methodology used was the mixed methods. This study focused on the use of questionnaires with 80 heads of families, were interviewed with the technique of unstructured research 1 technician INCRA, the President of the Municipal Council for Sustainable Rural Development's Discus, 1 representative of the Department of Field Education that municipality, President of the Association of Settlement Settlers Araxiteua and some heads of families. The time frame of the study was from 2006 to 2011. The results demonstrate that the effects were more positive than negative. The negative impact was measured from the social variable. Variables social, economic and territorial resulted in an improvement in income and quality of life of the settlers. Stand out as negative, nonimplementation of technical assistance, not applying PRONERA not release the woman credit support. As a positive, the release and implementation of the initial claim, the introduction of the power grid and ease of access to PRONAF. We conclude that the Second National Plan for Agrarian Reform fulfilled a significant portion of its objectives.