"The Last Agricultural Frontier" - Piauí, Brazil
Agrarian Issues, Agribusiness, and the Gamela Indigenous Territory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4499982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Do Socorro Da Silva Arantes, Lucineide Barros Medeiros |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 205-224 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x241245693 |
| OpenAlex | W4396230116 |
| Language | RO |
| References cited | 2 |
This research paper investigates the confrontation faced by the Gamela indigenous community, located in the Cerrado biome, in the southern region Piauí State in Norteastern Brazil, between agrarian issues and agribusiness. The territory in this area is considered to be the country's last agricultural frontier. Self-recognition and self-organization of the Gamela people in their struggle for the demarcation of Indigenous territory, and gaining titles to the land, are key to overcoming the invisibility of Indigenous people in Piauí that has been imposed by historiography and official policies. The article highlights the existence of maneuvering done by agribusiness, with the participation of the state, to harm the rights of Indigenous peoples and nature. Este trabalho de pesquisa examina o confronto enfrentado pela comunidade indígena Gamela, localizada no bioma do Cerrado, região sul do estado do Piauí, no Nordeste do Brasil, entre as questões agrárias e o agronegócio. O território desta área é considerado a última fronteira agrícola do país. O autorreconhecimento e a auto-organização do povo Gamela em sua luta pela demarcação do território indígena e pela conquista de títulos de terra são fundamentais para superar a invisibilidade dos povos indígenas no Piauí que tem sido imposta pela historiografia e pelas políticas oficiais. O artigo destaca a existência de manobras do agronegócio, com a participação do Estado, para prejudicar os direitos dos povos indígenas e da natureza
Agrarian society · Agribusiness · Agriculture · Archaeology · Economics · Economy · Frontier · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · State (computer science) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology · Rural Development and Agriculture · Urban Development and Societal Issues
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |