The faces of maranhense agribusiness: an analysis of agricultural expansion and the increase of violence in the countryside

• Main Authors: Ronaldo Barros Sodré, Juscinaldo Goes Almeida, Igor Breno Barbosa de Sousa, Tibério Augusto Santos de Souza, José Sampaio de Mattos Júnior
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-05-01
• Series: Geosul
• Subjects: Agronegócio; Maranhão; Produção Agrícola; Violência
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/geosul/article/view/61363

The capitalist relations in the countryside are generate territories with distinct and contradictory logics, thus the agricultural production in these territories enable us to differentiate them and relate them to social questions in the countryside. In this perspective, we use the Dialectical Historical Materialism for the construction of this research having as a cut the state of Maranhão and the aid of data from IBGE and CPT. With this, we discuss the production of crops, products of plant extraction and forestry, and relate to violence, understanding that the expansion of maranhense agribusiness is one of the main responsible for the increase of violence against peasants and rural workers. Finally, we consider the maintenance of the land structure as the main factor of this spatial configuration.