Integrated and unintegrated: family farming and space creation in the west of Santa Catarina

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  • Noeli PERTILIE Universidade Federal de Santa Catarin

Abstract

Farming represents a significant share of the Santa Catarina economy. Among its products we can highlight the pork and chicken raising developed by farmers families together with the industry. This happens with more intensity in the West of Santa Catarina, where the town of Quilombo is located. This case uses Quilombo as subject. The following text highlights how agriculture is organized in that town, how farmers relate to the industry, it also deals with the way the workload is organized within a farm and the breeding strategies in small farms. Key words: family farming; pork and chicken raising; agriculture and industry.

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Published

2008-02-12

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2004)

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