Entre a produção de mandioca e o canavial: um estudo sobre o trabalho no camponês a migração, no município de Água Branca - AL

Abstract

The development of a sociological reading of the reality of temporary migration is of great value for an understanding of a fragmented universe that will always be in constant evolution. The search for an understanding of temporary migrations within the reality of the Serra do Cavalo municipality of Água Branca, a complex situation for the peasant who lives off the land and has his family to support him, leaving aside his customs and leaving for other regions of the Zona da Mata Alagoas, as well as other states of the federation when there is service. Peasants in this region have a lot of suffering due to the expropriation process, due to the withdrawal of old forms of work within the context of peasant families. Aiming to understand the reasons and impacts of temporary migration to cut sugarcane, in the lives of families in Serra do Cavalo, in the municipality of Água Branca/AL. The research was carried out with 12 farmers, with little or no school knowledge, with an income that varies within this work process of cutting sugarcane from 800 to 2400 reais per month, since an unhealthy job requires care with the health, given the reality of these people, as well as companies, sometimes makes PPE available, sometimes not. Concluding that peasants begin to migrate to maintain social reproduction with their families, given their way of life, they have not abandoned their lands, always continuing with their own crops of cassava, corn, beans and their vegetables and fruits, and they go in search of a complement to ancillary work through temporary migration. A complex period for the peasant when he leaves his home for the first time in search of new forms of work to establish his family, however he does not always manage to, but always be working so that his family can always have the best in face of his work reality.