AGROECOLOGIA E REFORMA AGRÁRIA: UM ESTUDO SOBRE AS PRÁTICAS AGROECOLÓGICAS NO ASSENTAMENTO CELSO FURTADO, PARANÁ

Abstract

Beginning in the 2000s, Agroecology has constituted itself as an important topic of discussion for the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST). However, the development of agroecological practices in land reform areas faces a series of obstacles that complicate the consolidation of the agroecology as the main production matrix in these places. This article analyses the process of (de)territorialization of agroecology at Celso Furtado settlement, located in Quedas do Iguaçu, Brazil. This research possesses both theoretical and empirical natures in regards to qualitative data processing. Interviews were conducted with farmers from different communities within the settlement. Moreover, fieldwork was performed in production unities in order to verify the history of agroecology implementation during a time when such a location was a land reform camp and to typify what kinds of agroecological practices are currently handled there. As a result, we identified that MST’s work, in conjunction with other institutions, has made it possible for the Agroecology territorialization at 10 de Maio and José Abilio dos Santos camps. Nevertheless, for several reasons, after Celso Furtado became a settlement, agroecological deterritorialization resulted. Today, agroecological practices have been narrowed down to few areas, although they present themselves as a resistance to the conventional production model.