O processo de diferenciação social no âmbito dos pequenos produtores de Nilo Coelho e Bebedouro no espaço irrigado de Petrolina (PE).

Abstract

The process of modernization that the Brazilian agriculture has been submitted to in the last decades, has engendered profound modifications not only in the basic technique of the production process, as in work relations as well as the relation of the sectors that have been established between Agriculture and Industry, and mainly the relations of social production. The results of changes in the social relation of production tend to establish significant repercussions in the structure of the social field classes, conducting the small farmers to process social differences. This study was based on the analysis between the small fruit farmers, from Irrigation Projects of the sub medium region of the São Francisco valley, in Petrolina PE, more specifically, in Bebedouro and Nilo Coelho. In this deceitful environment the main condition of uneven revenue was verified, which could be leading the small producers surveyed to the social class structure, which they are found. Therefore, the aspects in the order of quality, concentrated on the social profile of the producers and how much it refers to the productive behavior of the social factors involved in the process, such as the important directives that would permit the understanding of this relation that was established in the development of capitalism in the agriculture. The evidence presented by the data discussed in this study identify that, usually the colonials reveal themselves indifferently, as much as in the aspects of quality and quantity, revealing a great resistance from the farmers to the challenges of commercial rivalry with the agricultural industries as well as the capacity of resporse to the demands of the modernized technology and production restructuring.