The pluriactivity phenomenon has been more studied in Brazil in the 1990’s, when increased the papers about it in many regions of the country. The main issue related with the pluriactivity theme is the relevant unit of analyses. In according to the international literature, this article defends the idea that the family, and not the production unit, should be the north of the studies of pluriactivity in the Brazilian family farming.
pluriactivity; family; rurality