Peasantry and capitalism

Social reproduction strategies and identities after the expansion of oil palm cultivation in Pará, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID5656052
AuthorsÉberton Da Costa Moreira (0000-0002-4016-0151, Universidade Federal de São Carlos), Hubert Schmitz (0000-0002-8933-1484, Universidade Federal do Pará)
Year2025
Volume63
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-2003 • E-ISSN: 1806-9479
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1806-9479.2025.291838en
OpenAlexW4415350736
LanguageEN
References cited24

The article analyzes the changes in social reproduction strategies and their relationship with the social identities of peasants who have sold their farms due to the expansion of oil palm cultivation in the Brazilian state of Pará. We conducted 21 interviews - eight with those who sold the establishments in Acará, Concórdia do Pará, and Bujaru - and we were analyzed qualitatively. After selling their farms, the peasants migrated to towns (three) or to smaller farms (five). Migration has caused changes in reproduction strategies: agriculture is no more practiced by two families and its centrality has been reduced by the others, in which there has been an increase in non-agricultural occupations (salaried works, small shops) and also an increase in the importance of pensions. We can observe, therefore, the use of pluriactivity as a strategy for social reproduction. The interviewees seek to maintain their peasant status through different activities, whether internal or external to their establishments

Agriculture · Centrality · Palm oil · Peasant · Reproduction · Social reproduction · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Oil Palm Production and Sustainability

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