Women in oil palm cultivation in Pará: possibility of autonomy
Mulheres na dendeicultura paraense: possibilidade de autonomia
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https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v28n3-10Abstract
The relationship between economic initiative and women's autonomy is consensual in the literature. Considering this finding, the objective of the article is to analyze the relationship between economic initiative and the achievement of autonomy by women holding integration contracts for oil palm production in Northeast Para, Brazil's largest oil palm region. The research was carried out as a case study with 30 women (100% of women holding contracts in the municipality of São Domingos do Capim / PA) and through observations and interviews. The main conclusions show that: I) the participation of women in economic initiatives, by itself, did not guarantee autonomy, but encourages it; II) autonomy has a direct relationship between the decision to sign the contract and management at different stages of production in oil palm cultivation; III) the construction of autonomy is supported by obtaining financial resources, independence to make decisions, participation in public spheres, access to different information, dialogue with technicians from the oil palm company and with representatives of public institutions; and IV) having a production contract represents a strategy for women to achieve autonomy, although this autonomy is not always exercised in the same way.
Keywords: women farmers; integration; Northeastern Pará.
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NASCIMENTO, Diocélia; MOTA, Dalva Maria da. Mulheres na dendeicultura paraense: possibilidade de autonomia. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, Rio de Janeiro, v. 28, n. 3, p. 721-743, out. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36920/esa-v28n3-10.
Received on June 11, 2020. Accepted on August 28, 2020.
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