IRRIGATED FRUIT CULTURE AND SUBJECTMENT OF LAND INCOME TO CAPITAL: THE EXPANSION OF THE USE OF TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS IN THE SEMI-ARID NORTHEAST
Irrigated fruit growing; Semi-arid Northeast; Subjection; Land Income; Capital.
The expansion of the use of technical-scientific objects (inputs and agricultural machinery) in irrigated fruit growing in the Semi-Arid Northeast is configured as a spatial dynamic associated with the continuous demands for technical materials in the different uses of the territory in the segment. The transformations in the technical bases of Brazilian agriculture that have taken place since the 1960s, with the introduction of technological packages in the mold of the Green Revolution, correspond to an intrinsic variable. In the semi-arid portion of the country, such changes were linked to the implementation of public irrigated perimeters in the valleys of the main rivers, where environmental and social conditions were and are favorable to fruit production to supply the national and international market. Today, different agents, processes and events contribute to the dissemination of these inputs and agricultural machinery in irrigated fruit growing, whether due to the demands of agribusiness or peasant agriculture. In this context, we believe that in areas with greater production of irrigated fruit, normative relationships are established in the territory in order to subject peasant farmers to the technical production parameters required by the international market, configuring the subjection of land income to capital still in the expansion phase of the technical-scientific objects in the respective vector. Thus, this research aims to analyze the expansion of the use of technical-scientific objects in irrigated fruit growing as a vector for subjecting land income to capital in peasant agriculture in the semi-arid Northeast. To fulfill the objective, theoretical-methodological procedures will enable an approach to the investigated object, especially through the theoretical review on land income, technique and irrigated fruit growing, documentary research, collection and systematization of secondary data through agencies such as the IBGE, MAPA and ME, in addition to empirical research with interviews with farmers using pre-structured forms.