Acampamentos Sapucaia e Caípe, União dos Palmares, Alagoas: características socioeconômicas e produtivas

Abstract

The panorama of land use in the forest area of the state of Alagoas is traditionally linked to the monoculture of sugarcane or beef cattle, with the sharp decline of the sugar and alcohol industry, a change has been taking place in the landscape of this region, the fields once occupied by immense cane fields they give way to manioc, sweet potatoes, corn and beans, and canvas or taipa shacks, are the rural camps, home and stage of struggle and resistance of men and women waiting for agrarian reform, people living on the margins society and reveal the neglect of public power with family farming. The objective of this work was to highlight the living conditions to which these people are exposed, the limits imposed by adverse conditions and lack of resources, as well as to identify who they are, their education, ages and sex. The camps studied were Caípe and Sapucaia, located on the margins of BR-104 in the municipality of União dos Palmares, in the zone of the Alagoas forest, these are two of the hundreds of camps that are located in the lands that comprise the bankrupt mass of Usina Lajinha, which totaling a total of 11 thousand hectares, the camps targeted by the work shelter around 80 families, who fight for survival while producing food and awaiting agrarian reform, the work began in May 2019 and lasted until February 2020 where quantitative and qualitative data were obtained, obtained through a semi-structured questionnaire applied to a universe of 14 families chosen at random and who were willing to show their reality to the academic community and thereby reveal their situation of neglect before society, among the campers there are mainly people already linked to land, most of whom are former sugar cane who feel entitled to claim access to land where they have worked for years, among them are people of different age groups, genders and education, who report that among the many problems faced include infrastructure due to the difficulty access to essential services, such as health care, schools, electricity and basic sanitation, in addition, the precarious infrastructure ends up impeding the flow of production, together with the lack of technical assistance, factors that hinder productivity, thus compromising productivity. permanence in the occupation, and the quality of life of the rural workers present in it.