In the state of Mato Grosso, the prevailing representation of agriculture is predominantly associated with large-scale monoculture farms. This perception motivates the central questions of this article: How is family farming characterized by Mato Grosso? Who are these farmers, and what do they produce? The objective is to characterize family farming in the state and provide a comprehensive overview of these farmers and their locations. Based on a methodology of secondary data analysis, this...

The article examines the historical formation and persistence of land concentration in Brazil, highlighting the role of legal frameworks and political disputes in shaping the agrarian structure. It begins with the Land Law of 1850, which transformed land into a commodity and consolidated large estates by excluding formerly enslaved people, squatters, and family farmers. The study analyzes the normative evolution through the Land Statute (1964) and the 1988 Constitution, revealing the gap...

This article analyzes whether the summary incorporation and subsequent titling of public lands by the Institute of Colonization and Lands of Maranhão (ITERMA), in the case of the Cheiroso Quilombola Community in Itapecuru-Mirim, Maranhão, resulted in the institutional legitimation of a chain of title previously marked by fraud. The research is guided by the following question: to what extent was ITERMA’s administrative conduct compatible with the legal regime governing vacant public lands,...

This article documents the memories of repression, employer violence, and resistance among rural wage workers, union leaders, and political mediators from the interior of São Paulo at the close of the twentieth century. It situates these narratives within a broader historical framework of the pursuit of rights, justice, and recognition of the living and working conditions against which these actors struggled. The accounts, produced in November 2023 during the seminar "Lutas canavieiras",...

The objective of this work was to characterize and socioeconomically analyze black farmers in the state of Sergipe. For this, a mixed methodology was used, in which qualitatively bibliographical and documentary analyzes were carried out and quantitatively the survey and statistical analysis of secondary data obtained through the 2017 Agricultural Census. As results, it was observed that the black population in rural Sergipe is mostly made up of family farmers, with establishments of up to 50...

O artigo analisa criticamente o papel da Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (ATER) na articulação entre Estado, desenvolvimento e direito da inovação na agricultura familiar. Propõe-se uma interpretação analítica que compreende a ATER como infraestrutura pública de inovação, capaz de reconfigurar a produção e circulação do conhecimento nos territórios rurais. O problema investiga em que medida a ATER contribui para a efetivação de um direito à inovação inclusivo, considerando limites...

This study aimed to analyze the extent to which public policies targeting family farming—particularly the Food Acquisition Program (PAA)—incorporate territorial strategies in their normative and institutional formulation. To this end, Law No. 12,512/2011, the program's regulatory framework, is taken as the central reference. A qualitative approach was adopted, based on documentary analysis of legal provisions and a systematic literature review. The critical normative analysis revealed that...