A atuação do serviço social frente às desigualdades sociais geradas pelo agronegócio no Brasil.

Abstract

The current work aimed to analyze the importance of Social Work performance in face of the social inequalities generated by agribusiness. And so, bring a whole critical analysis of the family farming sector that is part of the history of Brazil and of humanity itself. Its influence has been reduced over the centuries due to the technological development of the agricultural sector itself and the other productive sectors of the economy. Thus, gradually, the familiar term has been associated with past, delay and low significance. However, the contemporary world has placed the family production system within its own delicate social-economic context, given that its importance gains strength when it comes to questioning the future of the rural subsistence people, the problem of rural exodus and, consequently, , the social tension arising from social inequality in the countryside and in cities. If, on the one hand, family farming has an unquestionable social role, on the other, its survival is uncertain. Many productive sectors are able to associate their companies to defend common interests, but in the case of the agricultural sector, the consolidation of groups that pursue similar ideals is an intricate and sometimes unfeasible task. Associations and cooperatives make it possible for the family system to remain in some regions but are totally non-existent in others. In order to accurately assess the importance and complexity of the family segment, it is necessary to consider, in addition to agriculture itself, upstream (before the farm) and downstream (after the farm) activities. These activities tend to be extremely interdependent from an economic, social and technological point of view. Therefore, economic and sectoral policies, on the one hand, and the strategies of the entities representing the sectors involved, on the other, will tend to be more effective whenever these interdependencies are taken into account.