A economia solidária e a sustentabilidade sócio-ambiental da agricultura familiar no município de Colinas do Tocantins

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the relationship of solidarity economy with the socialenvironmental sustainability of family farming in the City of Colinas do Tocantins, state of Tocantins. This is a case study, conforming empirical orientation of production and description of knowledge, in which 10 units were surveyed in the family s unit of Real Settlement Project in the City of Colinas de Tocantins, state of Tocantins. It was used as instruments for collecting data from the field open questionnaire, documentation, structured interviews and direct observation. Sought to understand the trajectories and their own conceptions of family farmers on their experience of practical solidarity directing more attention to the ways historically constructed to deal with the management of production, ways of entering the market, the relationship between the settled families, to assess the gains economic monetary and non-monetary arising in the practice of social relations of solidarity and reciprocity. It was observed that the characteristics of social relations, the ties of solidarity and organization group of settlers in the background influenced the development of criteria and standards for the management of events in the settlement that allowed create mechanisms for participation in the relationship with internal and external organizations. Moreover, we could see that, as a result of these experiences the settlers of the project have achieved several gains, both materials, with regard to ownership of land and into the market and generate income households, for the intangible, that are the results in terms of training, achievement of partnership and reciprocity of influence in public policy, solidarity and citizenship.