Os fluxos de produtos agrícolas comercializados pelos agricultores familiares nas feiras no município de Marabá-PA

Abstract

This thesis on marketing in the family farming fair circuit of Marabá, in the southeast of Pará. The objective was to analyze the contribution of the role of fairs to establishing material living conditions for rural families of farmers and strengthening peasant activity in this part of the Amazon territory. The research sought to identify and learn about the two fairs studied and how the development of the lower food marketing circuit works, seeking to understand the social and economic characteristics developed by family farmers. In this aspect, the settlement responsible for the majority of food production that is sold at the city's main fairs was studied, as well as its importance in the flow of food. As a methodological aspect, the starting point is part of a broad bibliographical and documentary research on the struggles of rural workers for land in the 1970s, the year in which the city's main fairs were created. The field research offered necessary tools that made it possible to collect information through semi-structured interviews, where families of farmers, market traders and consumers at the fairs were interviewed. As a result, it is possible to point out that the forms of commercialization at fairs contribute to maintaining the material living conditions of family farmers, strengthening the struggles of rural workers and protecting the environment with family agricultural production, and with commercialization, the gains Monetary funds return to city commerce when purchasing building materials, household appliances, accessories, among others, in stores. It is observed that production in the Alegria Settlement contributes beneficially to the maintenance of ecosystems and biodiversity, and that there, much of the food produced is used to sell the main fairs in the city of Marabá.