A Gestão da propriedade rural: um estudo de caso a partir da realidade do Assentamento Lagoa Grande, em Dourados – Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

Considering the complexity and the dynamics of family farming enterprises, this study came up with the aim of investigating how the management of these farms is performed and what the instruments used for this. The central aim of this study is to analyze the Lagoa Grande settlement with regard to the use of management tools in rural properties; specifically characterize the socioeconomic and demographic aspects of the Lagoa Grande settlement; check for collection instruments, and systematic use of economic and financial information in the management of rural properties; examine ways of access to public policies that promote family farming by settlers and their impact on management of the properties. The object of study, and rural settlement called Lagoa Grande, is located in the city of Dourados, MS. Created on November 6, 1997, via expropriation area comprises a total area of 4070.7670 ha, divided into 151 lots with an average size of 25 ha, situated on the banks of the MS270, Dourados-Itahum highway in the municipality of Dourados, MS. The study is characterized as field research, using both primary data and bibliographic and documentary review, with a mixed approach, covering aspects related to quantitative and qualitative research. The study is directed to the settlement in the form of census, with a population of 151 lots; of these, 89 properties were computed, corresponding to 58.9% of the lots in which structured questionnaires with closed and open questions were applied to that presented themselves as leaders or the plot owners. The tabulation of collected data derived from the questionnaires was systematically using the statistical program SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), analyzed descriptively and presented in tables and figures also analyzed. Among the main results presented in relation to the gender of the heads or guardians, 58.4% are male and 41.6% female; being 66.3% with formal education to complete early childhood education (1st-5th grade), 46% of respondents are between 45 and 74 years; 67.4% of the lots were purchased by INCRA and 32.5% of third parties; in relation to the family group, 50.3% are female and 49.7% male; the settlement has averaged 3.43 residents per batch. The wagon is the item in terms of machinery and equipment present in 44.1% of the properties; dairy farming is the main activity of the settlement and is present in 65.2% of the properties. It is noticed in the properties, a low level of income generation, management is done in the very short term, and the majority does not adopt any procedure notes related to productivity, resource flow, revenues, expenses, investment required, both in the aspect individual, as in the search for synergy in the set of properties or settlements with geographical proximity. The official programs for family farms as PRONAF in its various forms, including the PAA and PNAE are barely used.