Geração de renda da produção de derivados da cana-de-açúcar nos engenhos dos municípios de Triunfo - PE e Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde - PE

Abstract

The first rapadura mills recorded in Brazil arose during the colonial period, a consequence of the first sugarcane seedlings brought to the country in 1532 by the military man Martins Afonso de Souza. The production chain of sugarcane derivatives is of great relevance in the income generation of family farming in the Brazilian Northeast. The present study aims to analyze how the production and commercialization of these organically produced derivatives occurs in the sugar mills of the municipalities of Triunfo - PE and Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde - PE, as well as the generation of income for the families involved, observing historical and contained in all stages of production. Resulting from an applied, explanatory and qualitative research, the study also included a literature review, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, in order to extract the maximum information from the participating families. The research also aims to observe the existence of pluriactivity in the families involved, as is the quantity of mills in operation and if there are currently barriers preventing these numbers from increasing. The main results found show that most families involved in this production process are multi-activity, but even performing other functions, the milling period increases the income of these people, and therefore the income that individuals have throughout the year were analyzed. And separately the income from production in these mills. It was noted that the producers who supply sugar cane to a cooperative have advantages over those that supply to the other mills, and also that one of the mills is responsible for the manufacture of artisanal cachaça and has differentiation in practically all of it. productive process, including functioning throughout the year as a tourist spot in the city of Triunfo - PE. It was also found that many factors led to the drop in production of these mills, climatic factors, and marketing difficulties caused by labor shortages and the recent creation of major market competitors.