Análise das vulnerabilidades dos assentamentos rurais e o papel da comissão pastoral da terra/sertão no processo de reforma agrária no município de Cajazeiras/PB.

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the social, economic, drought, environmental, technological, cultural and political vulnerabilities of the seven rural settlements of the municipality of Cajazeiras – PB, Santo Antônio, Frei Damião, Frei Beda, Edvaldo Sebastião, Valdecir Santiago, Mãe Rainha and Santa Cecilia, as well as the life history of the settlers who set out to report their stories in order to recall them. The dialogue between the past and the present of the characters reconstitutes their lived daily experiences, leading to a detailed understanding of their beliefs, attitudes, memories and values. The role of the Pastoral Land Commission in the process of Agrarian Reform in Alto Sertão and its participation in the process of expropriation of the settlements surveyed and its contribution to the material life-work practices that these farmers have been using for the permanence in these settlements, the importance of the environment and its forms of protection. In order to carry out the research, Oral History methodology was used as the guiding thread of the outlined paths, allowing the dialogue between the past and the present of the characters, so that they can reconstruct their lived experiences. In order to analyze the vulnerability factors, the methodology used for the Vulnerability Diagnosis was used, since this methodology responds by the result of the Vulnerability Factors (social, economic, drought, environmental, technological, cultural and political) in the settlements researched. As for the technique for data collection, field study, semi-structured interviews (thematic and life history), semi-structured questionnaires and participant observation were used. In order to systematize the results obtained, a qualitative-quantitative approach was carried out in a comparative way, being an approximation between the qualitative and quantitative analysis, and taking a quantitative approach in the systematization of part of the data, being compiled in graphs, tables and also discussed in the light of descriptive narrative. The results obtained in the study attest to the importance of the existence of initiatives and real changes in the life of the inhabitants of the researched settlements. For the interviewed families, the Land/Sertão Pastoral Commission was the main entity because of the results achieved by them, both at the time of expropriation, and in the initial years of settlement due to the significant changes in the way the settlers lived. On the other hand, the study of vulnerabilities indicates that the majority of the settlements present high and very high vulnerability. The high index of vulnerability, something of concern for INCRA's Agrarian Reform policy, because they attest that the socioeconomic, political, and cultural conditions of settled communities are precarious. The high level of vulnerability is attributable to the scarcity of rainfall in recent years, the suspension of rural technical assistance by INCRA and the delay in the loan release of the PRONAF credit lines for some settlements. The PRONAF credit lines are of great importance for the maintenance of the settlers in the rural communities, as they create the conditions for settled farmers to have a decent quality of life in the countryside. The rural technical advisory must interact and train the settled families in order to guide and facilitate the execution of their actions, making them more strengthened and rooted in the place.