Território e desenvolvimento rural: Uma análise da política territorial do MDA em um estudo de caso do Cariri Oriental – PB

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the Rural Territorial Development Policy, headed by the Ministry of Agrarian Development in Brazil since 2003, based on a Rural Cariri Eastern Territory‟s case located in a state called Paraíba. Therefore, it results from reading and reflection of writings from various authors in relation to the territorial approach, exposing the term "territory" as a concept, category, area of social production among other denominations. As a complement to the theoretical discussions, this paper analyses how these studies have influenced and contributed to the consolidation of territorial rural development strategy of the Brazilian State, showing its emergence, the grounding and presupposition related to it. Finally, it will expose the potential and challenges of this policy based on the analysis of results obtained in research in Eastern Territory Rural Cariri Paraiba. From observation and participation in events and plenary sessions of the college, reading reports and meeting minutes and especially interviews with actors involved in territorial dynamics of the environment, it is possible to realize the joint institutions, social actors, conflicts and advances that the national policy of territorial rural development is able to provide.