Expressões da agricultura familiar na Baixada Fluminense-RJ: um estudo sobre as Feiras da Roça de Japeri, Nova Iguaçu e Queimados.

Abstract

The Fair of the Roça is a modality of street commerce that it’s social, economic and cultural characteristics, can be considered an important strategy for the sustainable commercialization, strengthening and rural development of family farming. In order to investigate the Fairs of Roça as expressions of family farming in the municipalities of Japeri, Nova Iguaçu and Queimados in the Baixada Fluminense (RJ), we conducted in this study, the literature review, exploratory qualitative research with ethnographic inspiration, direct observation and to semi-structured interviews, where we can find 37 farmer farmers working at the fairs. The study revealed that the Fairs of the Roça of these municipalities signify more than a strategy of flow of production and income generation for these farmers, representing an important territory of expression of family farming, in a region marked by intense processes of urban expansion, configuring means, resource and identity.