Abstract

SANTOS NAHUM, João  and  BASTOS DOS SANTOS, Cleison. Family Farming and African Palm Crops in the Municipality of Moju, Amazon Region of Para. Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.50-66. ISSN 0121-215X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcdg.v27n1.58081.

Our analysis of family farming projects developed by Agropalma in the rural area of the municipality of Moju showed that this company appropriated land income, areas, and use of the land by charging rent to peasants, without entering into a labor relationship with them and without owning the land. The work was based on categories, concepts, theories, and methods. Primary data was gathered through field work and interviews. The first section of the text describes the expansion of African palm crops in relation to the National Program for the Production and Use of Biodiesel and to the Program for the Sustainable Production of Palm Oil in Brazil. The second section sets forth the general features of the African palm family farming projects related to companies in Moju; and the last section offers some final considerations and a synthesis of the results.

Keywords : family farming; Amazon region; African palm crops; municipality of Moju; palm oil; space of capital.

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