Socioeconomic Profile of Rural Producers of the Community of Timborana in the Municipality of Bragança, Pará

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the profile, based on the socioeconomic survey, of rural producers in the Timborana community, in the municipality of Bragança, Pará. For this, it was necessary to apply a questionnaire as a data collection research technique within the community. A small portion of the population works in activities related to agriculture, such as agriculture, cattle, goats and pigs, while the majority lives almost exclusively with agricultural activities, more specifically with annual crops such as corn, beans and, mainly, cassava, considered the main source of income in the region, a recurring activity in the responses of the interviewed farmers. Family farming in the Timborana community is still uneven in terms of capital and technology, making each farmer’s property different from one another. The absence of groups that allow the formation of associations and cooperatives and access to better technologies and greater infrastructure contributes to the lack of better community development.