Mulheres e narrativas do campo: os desafios enfrentados por empreendedoras frente a gestão de uma agroindústria comunitária rural

Abstract

The relationship between associativism and family agriculture has been gaining prominence in the most diverse rural scenarios in the country, mainly due to the strong competitiveness that characterizes the globalization of the economy in recent years. In this context, the joining of forces through associativism can be considered a viable alternative for the sustainability of productive units. In view of this, this research aimed to map the "bottlenecks" of the productive system of the fruit processing agroindustry managed by the Rural Association of Peasant Women Daughters of the Earth, in the municipality of Parauapebas/PA. The work method was based on the analysis of the reports coming from the mixed application (in loco and virtual) of a semi-structured questionnaire. For the participatory diagnosis, a thematic workshop was conducted, based on the intervention approach with the instrument "problem and solution tree". The participatory diagnosis revealed that the main bottlenecks (problems) in the productive system of the agro-industry of the Daughters of the Earth project are: 1st lack of transportation for the flow of the production of sweets and compost, and 2nd impasses of the association for the functioning of the industrial kitchen. However, for the first bottleneck, the low purchasing power and the lack of credit to buy a vehicle were mentioned as root causes. For the second bottleneck, the lack of engagement of the community in the productive process was mentioned as the root cause.