Banca de DEFESA: ODAIZA BARROS PORTO

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STUDENT : ODAIZA BARROS PORTO
DATE: 16/12/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

THE SPATIAL CIRCUIT OF SISAL PRODUCTION IN THE SEMIARID REGION OF PARAÍBA: The case of the city of Pocinhos-PB

KEY WORDS:

Sisal; Spatial Circuit Production; Cooperation circles; Technical-Scientific-
Informational environment; Pocinhos.

PAGES: 201
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUBÁREA: Geografia Humana
SPECIALTY: Geografia Agrária
SUMMARY:

The main objective of this research is to analyze the spatial circuit of sisal production
taking the city of Pocinhos, located in the semi-arid region of Paraíba, as a starting
point. Sisal (Agave Sisalana perrine) is a semixerophilous species of intertropical origin
(Mexico), and Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of its main product, the textile
fiber, with the state of Paraíba as the second largest national producer. Historically,
several cities from Paraíba were developed economically from the sisal production, such
as Pocinhos, a city that is resilient in the cultivation of this plant in the region,
characterizing itself as one of the main producers of the fiber in the state. Based on the
theories of spatial production circuits and cooperation circles (SANTOS, 1986, 2008b),
we set out to understand the material and immaterial dynamics of this culture, which in
recent decades, despite its relevance, has been experiencing decline. Taking this into
consideration, the methodology consisted of the use of the following techniques: survey
and bibliographical research on the theme addressed; collection and analysis of
statistical data; fieldwork; semi-structured interviews with the main agents of the
circuit. As a result of the research, we verified, from a historical perspective, the
introduction of sisal, its dissemination in the semi-arid region of Paraíba through the
space-time variable, and we listed the main internal and external factors for such
development. In addition, we present the sisal production process, which ranges from
pre-production to final consumption of the product, highlighting the main variables in
the circuit. In the spatial circuit of sisal production, we could find that the city of
Pocinhos, given the context of the territorial division of labor, participates in this
process through the development of the initial stages of the circuit, which would be the
production itself, the first processing of the fiber in the field (defibering) and also of
second processing in the city space (beating), as well as in the first distribution and
commercialization stage of this product, either locally or statewide. We also highlight
some vertical integrations, in the aforementioned city, although to a lesser extent when
compared to the actions that it takes place in the last links of the circuit, which are
distribution, commercialization and consumption abroad, a space of greater
verticalization, and the absence of what would be important circles of cooperation in
production. At the end of the research, we still consider that, currently, within the scope
of the Globalization process, even in cultivations that do not use modern production
techniques, for example, the sisal, inevitably, its production uses variables such as
science, technology and the information in several other circumstances throughout its
production process.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1804195 - GLEYDSON PINHEIRO ALBANO
Interno - 3214278 - LEANDRO VIEIRA CAVALCANTE
Externo à Instituição - PAULO SÉRGIO CUNHA FARIAS - UFCG