William Ferreira da Silva
Campus Jataí, 2011.
Abstract:
The cultivation and industrialization of sugarcane can be considered the oldest economic activity of this kind in Brazil. One of the characteristics that mark this process, from the arrival of the first seedlings, brought by Martins Afonso in 1532, to the present day, is that this activity effectively acts in our production and spatial organization, either in the insertion of the country in the international economy, or in its internal organization. From the dawn of sugar production in the Zona da Mata Nordestina, in the colonial period, to ethanol production in the São Paulo lands, nucleated by PROÁLCOOL, from the mid-1970s, to the current period, when it incorporated the production of electricity in spite of its many changes (technical and economic), its activities remain intertwined in the public policies of the Brazilian state. The main aim of this work is to understand, in an analytical way, the organization, changes and recent expansion of the sector to the Cerrado areas, especially to the state of Goiás, taking as an example the Jataí municipality. The theoretical-methodological perspective used is to understand, in a broader movement, the sector itself and the changes that have occurred throughout its history, then seeks to establish the links of its recent expansion to the Cerrado areas and, within of this expansion, the territorialization process in Jataí (GO). In the Jataí municipality, the strategies of territorialization of the sugar-energy sector were analyzed, as well as the resistance of productive sectors to the expansion of this activity. Still within these actions, we sought to define the role of the municipal government in front of the possibility of occupying areas by cultivating sugar cane, and may displace other activities already installed in the municipality. Within the process of fixing the sector in the municipality, the generation of new jobs and income is presented by the sector as a gain for local society. Thus, we sought to analyze this sector capacity, taking into account the worker profile required for sugarcane activities. Finally, even considering that this process is not yet consolidated in the municipality, we tried to demonstrate some socio-spatial consequences of the movement of territorialization of the sugar-energy sector in Jataí municipality.
