A Consolidação de assentamentos rurais federais: o caso do Projeto de Assentamento Itabocal, município de Mãe do Rio, Pará

Abstract

In rural settlement projects the consolidation is the final phase of INCRA's role in a reformed area and occurs after the completion of all actions proposed and implemented by the Municipality in order to become viable and autonomous settlements under the National Program for Agrarian Reform. In the years 2001 and 2002, this process involved ten federal rural settlement projects, coming from expropriation for social interest, located in the northeast of Pará, foundation of this study, in which the object is the Settlement Project Itabocal, located in municipalities of Mãe do Rio, Irituia and Capitão Poço, in the state of Pará. In this sense it proceeded to check an updated analysis of the socio-economic and environmental conditions, in addition to topographic demarcation services, technical assistance, credit, and infrastructure deployed at the enterprise. Thanks to the use of a methodology anchored in a case study on the project that presented with greater areal extent, settled families and funds received from the Federal Government, based on a non-probabilistic sample accessibility, involving 100 actors, using a qualitative and quantitative approach, in a descriptive research, with data processing for quantitative systems. From the results obtained it was possible to analyze demographic, social, economic and technical indicators and social capital, concluding that there was impediment of the socio-productive inclusion of the residents of the area, since the agricultural production system is not feasible in isolation, and the income of residents stood mostly in up to two minimum wages, and that to achieve this level there was the need for monetary complementation of the Bolsa Família Program and retirements, despite the propertied families present themselves settling consumer durables, like refrigerator, TV and mobile. It was found that the reduced titration of individual plots did not reach half of the beneficiaries, and shipped domain titles were not settled, preventing registration in real estate registry office, which allowed, outside the law, the reconcentration of family plots by persons outside the settlement, leading to “fazendeirização”. There was also substantial environmental damage for breach of environmental legislation, since the absence of licensing the design to lack Rural Environmental Registry. Finally, there was that public policy in evidence was his unfinished cycle, and as tender proceeded suggestion reactivation of specific actions for consolidation, in fact, the project