Aspectos socioeconômicos e educativos dos agricultores familiares do assentamento Taquaral em Corumbá, estado de Mato Grosso do Sul

Abstract

This research deepens the work carried out by Moreira (2018) in research on socioeconomic aspects of family farming and information related to educational factors, in the region of the Taquaral settlement, in Corumbá, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. In this way, activities developed by rural producers in the settlement were researched, as well as the agricultural model used and its relationship with environmental sustainability. Issues related to educational factors in the Taquaral settlement are also debated, such as the rural exodus, its effects on rural schools and the schooling conditions of the settlers. The results show that the settlement still strives to maintain the ideal of a peasant family, but with a smaller population, comparing the number of families there were in its creation. Agricultural production in the settlement, mostly of agroecological origin, is diversified which makes it easier to offer products without the use of chemical products. On the other hand, access to education, lack of infrastructure and opportunities within the settlement seems to be the reason for the exodus of younger people. It is necessary to implement public policies that motivate their inclusion in family decisions and in the settlement in general to promote greater responsibility for them, which could achieve their permanence in the settlement. The work only explains the results within the Taquaral settlement, and there may be other reasons that would also explain the issues discussed here, why it would be necessary to complement the study in other settlements in the region.