A monopolização do comércio de leite pela agroindústria “Laticínio São Félix” e a espacialização dos pequenos produtores rurais no município de Major Izidoro – AL

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the reflection of the monopolization of the milk trade on small farmers in the villages Watermelon, Velame, Tanquinhos and Lagoa da Vaca in Major Izidoro-AL. In this sense, we seek to build an understanding about the form of monopoly practiced by the Agroindustry Dairy São Félix and the reflections of this process in the spatialization of small producers focused on milk production. As methodological procedures, a bibliographic survey was carried out, data collection was carried out in official and unofficial bodies, comparative analyses (qualitative and quantitative), as well as the realization of calculations in order to measure the viability of the activity in the context of small producers, the costs to be produced, the income they perceive and whether such income scares the degree of effort expended, as well as the hardwork of work. One of the main questions of the research refers to the amount paid per liter of milk produced, and whether this value is fair or even consistente with the degree of self-exploitation of individuals who subsist from the activity of dairyfarming in the aforementioned villages. For the development of research, we used the theoretical contribution of authors who have been discussing the monopoly and territorialization processes exercised by large capital in the field, such as Oliveira (2007), in order to explain the different phenomena in force in the area of study. Through the study conducted, some socio-spatial dynamics were identified and based on the data and information collected, important questions were elucidated.