Territorial reality of rural households in the Brazilian semiarid

ABSTRACT

The growing interest in the dynamics of family (re)production comes from of this importance to the development of the Brazilian agricultural sector. In order to proposing some parameters for understanding the dynamics of semiarid Ceará familiar territory, the study included 96 households from six Communities (municipality of Tauá-ce). Indicators and analyzes which seize the socioeconomic dynamics of the households and reflecting the ability of syntagmatic actors to transform nature through productive relationships were elaborated. "Groups of Territorial Images" that have diverse productive relations systems were identified.

Keywords:
Family Farming; Territorial images; Socioeconomic dynamics