Rural land organization in the Amazon: rural property relations and traditional families in a small town of Marajó

• Grant number: 15/23881-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Urban and Regional Planning - Methods and Techniques of Urban and Regional Planning
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Maria Fonseca da Costa
• Grantee: Nilton Carlos Rosa
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to study the relationships established between the land tenure characteristics, traditional families and the land use system that these families adopt in the municipality of Ponta de Pedras, located on the island of Marajó, PA. This municipality has two important aspects: it conserves characteristic of traditional Brazilian agrarian structure, such as concentrating large estate in the hands of traditional families who owner the largest properties in the municipality, and small farms linked to families that are not considered traditional and are related to the production of açaí fruit. Using geoprocessing tools like ArcGIS, this research will present a methodology for the area of study.